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DIGEST  AND  COMPILATION 


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DIGEST  AND  COMPILATION 


OF   THE 


SCHOOL  LAWS 


OF    THE 


STATE  OF  FLORIDA 


WITH     THE 


FORMS,  REGULATIONS  AKD  IKSTRUCTIOKS  OF(JHE  DE- 
PARTMEBT  OF  EDUCATION. 


COMPILED     BY 

WILLIAM  $^.  ^^ni^g?^-. 

SrPEKIIsTEI\"DE^'T   OF    PVBLIC   INSTRUGTION. 


TALLAHASSEE,  FLA.*: 

^RI^TED  AT  THE  TALLAHASSEEAN  BOOK  AND  JOB  OFFICE, 
1893. 


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STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION, 

(ex-officio.) 

Hon.  H.  L.  MITCHELL,  Governor,  President. 
iHoN.  JOHN  L.  CRAWFORD,  Secretary  of  State. 
Hon.  WILLIAM  B.  LAMAR,  Attorney-General. 
Hon.  C.  B.  COLLINS,  State  Treasurer. 
Hon.  WILLIAM  N.  SHEATS,    Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  Secretary.  ; 


^tJSIVE 


CONSTITUTION  OF  FLiOf^lDA. 


ARTICLE  XII. 


EDUCATION. 


Personnel  and 
powers  of 
State  Board  of 
Education. 


Section  1.  The  Legislature  shall  provide  for  a  uniform  sys-   Duty  of  Le  " 
tern  of   public  free  schools,  and   shall   provide   for  the  liberal  lature. 
maintenance  of  the  same.  * 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  a  Superintendert  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, whose  duties  shall  be  prescribed  by  law,  and  whose  term  of "^^pt.  °F^b^ 
of  office  shall  be  four  years  and    until   the  election  and   quali-  Inst, 
fication  of  his  successor. 

Sec.  3.  The  Governor,  Secretary  of  State,  Attorney- General, 
State  Treasm-er  and  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion shall  constitute  a  body  corporate,  to  be  known  as  the 
State  Board  of  Education  of  Florida,  of  which  the  Governor 
shall  be  President,  and  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion Secretary.  This  Board  shall  have  power  to  remove  any 
subordinate  school  officer  for  cause,  upon  notice  to  the  incum- 
bent; and  shall  have  the  management  and  investment  of  all 
State  School  Funds  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  law,  and  such  supervision  of  schools  of  higher  grades  as  the 
law  shall  provide. 

Sec.  4.  The  State  School  Fund,  the  interest  of  which  shall  interest  ociy 
be    exclusively   applied   to   the    support   and  maintenance  of  ^^  ^®  applied, 
public   free   schools,    shall   be   derived   from   the    following 
sources: 

The  proceeds  of  all  lands  that  have  been  or  may  hereafter  sources  of 
be  granted  to  the  State  by  the  L'nited  States  for  public  school  state  School 
purposes.  Fund. 

Donations  to  the  State  when  the  purpose  is  not  specified. 

Appropriations  by  the  State. 

The  proceeds  of  escheated  property  or  forfeitures. 

Twenty-five  per  cent,  of  the  sales  of  public  lands  which  are 
mow  or  may  hereafter  be  owned  by  the  State. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


Principal  invi- 
olate. 


One  Mill  Tax 


Basig  of  ap- 
portionment 
of  One  Mill 
Tax  and  inter- 
est on  State 
School  Fund. 


County  School 
Tax. 


County  School 
Fund;  whence 
derived  and 
how  dis- 
bursed. 


Provisions  for 
School  Dis- 
trict. 

School  Trus- 
tees. 


District  Tax. 


Town  or  city 
may  be  a 
School  Dis- 
trict. 


Disbursement 
of  District 
Fund. 


Sec.  5.  The  principal  of  the  State  School  Fund  shall  remain? 
sacred  and  inviolate. 

Sec.  6.  A  special  tax  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  of  all  taxable 
property  in  the  State,  in  addition  to  the  other  means  provided,, 
shall  be  levied  and  apportioned  annually  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  pubUc  free  schools. 

Sec.  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the  distribution 
of  the  interest  on  the  State  School  Fund  and  the  special  tax 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the 
number  of  children  residing  therein  between  the  ages  of  six 
and  twenty- one  years.* 

Sec.  8.  Each  county  shall  be  required  to  assess  and  collect 
annually  for  the  support  of  public  free  schools  therein,  a  tax  of 
not  less  than  three  mills  nor  more  than  five  mills  on  the  dollar 
on  all  taxable  property  in  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  The  County  School  Fund  shall  consist,  in  addition  to 
the  tax  provided  for  in  Section  Eight  of  this  Article,of  the  pro- 
portion of  the  interest  of  the  State  School  Fund  and  of  the 
one  mill  State  tax  apportioned  to  the  county;  the  net  proceeds 
of  all  fines  collected  under  the  penal  laws  of  the  State  within 
the  county;  all  capitation  taxes  collected  within  the  county; 
and  shall  be  disbursed  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction solely  for  the  maintenance  and  support  of  public  free 
schools. 

Sec.  10.  The  Legi^^lature  may  provide  for  the  division  of  any 
county  or  counties  into  convenient  school  districts;  and  for 
the  election  biennially  of  three  school  trustees,  who  shall  hold 
their  office  for  two  years,  and  who  shall  have  the  supervision  of 
all  the  schools  within  the  district;  and  for  the  levying  and  col- 
lection of  a  district  school  tax,  for  the  exclusive  use  of  public 
free  schools  within  the  district,  when"fe^r  a  majority  of  the 
qualified  electors  thereof  that  pay  a  ta\on  real  or  personal 
property  shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  levy;  Provided,  That  any 
tax  authorized  by  this  section  shall  not  exceed  three  mills  on 
the  dollar  in  any  one  year  on  the  taxable  property  of  the  dis- 
trict. 

Sec.  11.  Any  incorporated  town  or  city  may  constitute  a 
School  District.  The  fund  raised  by  Section  Ten  may  be  ex- 
pended in  the  district  where  levied  for  building  or  repairing 
school  houses,  for  the  purchase  of  school  libraries  and  text- 
books, for  salaries  of  teachers,  or  for  other  educational  pur- 
poses, so  that  the  distribution  among  all  the  schools  of  the  dis- 
trict be  equitable. 


♦See  proposed  Amendment  to  this  Section. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  5 

Sec.  12.  White  and  colored  children  shall  not  be  taught  in         1893. 
the  same  school,  but   impartial   provision    shall   be   made  for  separate 
.JjQtll  schools  for  ne- 

groes. 

Sec.  13.  No  law  shall  be  enacted  authorizing  the  diversion  or 
the  lending  of  any  county  or  district  school  funds,  or  the  ap-   Prohibitions 
propriation  of  any  part  of   the  permanent  or  available    school  g^hooi^Fund 
fund  to  any  other  than  school  purposes;  nor  shall  the  same,  or 
any  part  thereof,  be  appropriated  to  or  used  for  the  support  of 
any  sectarian  school. 

Sec.  14.  The  Lemslature  at  its  first  session  shall  provide  for  „ 
the  establishment,  maintenance  and  management  of  such  Nor-  Schools. 
mal  Schools,  not  to  exceed  two,  as  the  interests  of  public  edu- 
cation may  demand. 

Sec.  15.  The  compensation   of   all    county   school   officers 
shall  be  paid  from  the    school  fund  of   their   respective  coun-  of  TciuIoToffl" 
ties,  and  all  other  county  officers  receiving  stated  salaries  shall  ^^^ 
he  paid  from  the  general  funds  of   their  respectives    counties. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

Sec.  25.  The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  Powers  and 

supervision  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  public  instruction;  the  sUplriutSd-^ 

supervision  of  State  buildings  devoted  to  educational  purposes,  |"^-.,- 

and  perfoim  such  other  duties  as  the  Legislature  may  provide  iv.'const.  ' 

by  law. 

Sec.  27.  *     ******    *  rHel  shall  make  a  full  re-   «.   „      ^ 
...       ^.   .,  „,  .'        i  ,.  «,.      Shall  make 

port  01  his  omcial  acts,  oi  the  receipts  and  expenditures  or  his   report. 

office,  and  of   the  requirements  of   the  same,  to  the    Governor 

at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  session  of  the  Legislature,  or 

wdienever   the    Governor    shall   require    it.     Such     *     *     * 

[report]  shall  be  laid  before  the  Legislature  by  the  Governor  at  Art.  iv,Con8t! 

the  beginning  of  each  regular   session   thereof.     Either  house 

of   the  Legislature  may   at   any  time  call  upon     *     *     *     * 

******     [him]  for  information  required  by  it. 


eOUSE  JOINT  RESOLUTION  Proposing  an   Amendment   to  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Florida. 

J^e  it  resolved  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

That  the  following  amendment   to  the    Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Florida  be,  and  the  same   is  hereby   as^reed   to,  and  Amendment 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors  ot    the  State  at   the  general   xii  of  the 
election  in  October,  A.  D.     189-t,    for    ratification    or   rejec-   Constitution. 
tion: 


6  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

1893.  Section  7,  of  Article    XIT,  of   the   Constitution,  is   hereby 

amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the  appor- 
Apro  tion-       tionment  and  distribution  of   the  interest  on  the  State    School 
mcntofSchooi   Fund  and  all  other  means  provided,  including  the   special  tax 
for    the    support    and    maintenance  of    public    free  schools, 
among  the  several  counties  of   the  State  in  proportion    to  the- 
average  attendance  upon  schools  in  the  said  counties   respect- 
iyely. 
Approved  June  2,  1893. 


Fund. 


SGHOOLi    LiAWS 

OF  THE 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA, 

AS  COMPILED 

From  the  Revised  Statutes,  and  the  Acts  of 
the  Legislature  of  1893- 


GENERAL    PKOVISIONS. 


1.  There  shall  be  established  and  maintained  a  uniform  sys-  muform-  sys- 
tem of  public  instruction  free  to  all  the  youth  residing  in  the  {aSrScWon?***^ 
State  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  and   twenty-one  (21)  years,  School  age. 
as  far  as  the  funds  will  admit,  as  hereinafter  provided.  Rev.stat.  Sec- 

2.  The  officers  of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction  shall 

be  a  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  a  State  Board  <^ffi<^»' 

of  Education,  a  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  each  county,  ibid  s«e.  zafe 
a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  for  each  county,  local 
School  Supervisors  and  Treasurers. 

3.  I.  All  such  officers  who  shall  hold  their  offices  by  statute^  Subject  to- 
shall  conform  to  the  regulations  of  the  Department  of  Public  legmiations. 
Instruction. 

II.  They  shall  retain  their   offices  during  the  faithful  per-  rp^jjup^^j^ 
formance  of  their  duties,  but  not  to  exceed  four  years  at  any  office, 
time. 

III.  They  shall  be  subiect  to  removal  for  incompetency,.  «  ^.^  .  ^ 

1      X     r    J    .  I.-   T_  u  J-  IT     ii.         £  Subject  to  re* 

neglect  oi  duty,  or  any  cause  which  would  disqualiiy  them  top  movai.. 

the  positions  if  not  incumbents. 

4.  No  officer  shall  vote  on  a  question  fixing  his  own  com-  when  not  ta 
pensation.  ibid,"sec.  230l 

5.  A  majority  of  any  educational  board   shall  constitute  a  ^  quorum 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  ibid.  Sec.  2sii. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


School  officers 
to  qualify. 

Ibid,  Sec.  232. 


To  grive  bond 
'with  sureties. 


1893.  GENERAL    DUTIES    OF    OFFICERS. 

6.  Every  school  officer  who  shall  be  appointed  under  statu- 
tory provision,  is  required  : 

I.  Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  within 
ten  days  after  receiving  notice  of  his  appointment,  to  subscribe 
to  an  acceptance  of  the  appointment  and  to  pledge  that  he 
will  faithfully  perform  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  to  for- 
ward the  same  with  his  postoffice  address  to  the  State  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction. 

TI.  Before  receiving  any  school  moneys  or  property  of  any 
kind,  for  safe  keeping  or  disbursement,  to  give  bond,  with  two 
good  sureties,  the  bonds  to  be  fixed  and  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county,  the  original  to  be 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  a  cer- 
tified copy  to  be  held  by  the  officer  giving  the  security,  to  be 
produced  when  required. 

III.  Any  officer  in  charge  of  school  moneys  or  property  to 
be  so  disbursed,  shall  satisfy  himself  that  the  officer  to  whom 
he  issues  it  has  given  bond  as  aforesaid,  or  be  personally  lia- 
ble for  any  loss  in  consequence  of  such  neglect. 

IV.  Every  officer  shall  turn  over  to  his  successor  in  office, 
on  retiring,  all  books,  papers,  documents,  funds,  moneys  and 
property  of  whatever  kind,  which  he  may  have  acquired,  re- 
ceived and  held  by  virtue  of  his  office,  and  take  full  receipts 
for  them  of  his  successor. 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION-. 

7.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  consist  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Attornej'-General,  the  State 
Treasurer  and  the  State  Superin'endent  of  Public  Instruction. 
The  Governor  shall  be  the  President,  the  State  Treasurer 
shall  be  the  Treasurer,  and  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  the  Secretary  of  said  Board.  Said  Board  is  a 
body  corporate,  with  full  power  to  perform  all  corporate  acts 
for  educational  purposes. 

8.  The  State  Board  of  Education  are  directed  and  em- 
powered : 

I.  To  obtain  possession  of  and  take  the  charge,  oversight 
S^Stffild*^  and  management  of  all  lands  granted  to  or  held  by  the  State 
for  educational  purposes,  and  to  fix  the  terms  of  sale,  rental  or 
•use  of  such  lands,  and  to  do  whatever  may  be  necessary  to 
preserve  them  from  trespass  or  injury,  and  for  their  improve- 
jnent. 


[Liability  for 
loss. 


To  turn  over 
"'efltectsto  suc- 
cessor. 

JJIbifUSec   233. 


<Con8t1tutifri 
.of.   Jb.,2JJa. 


A  l)oayvcorp«- 
rate. 


Powew  and 
•duties.  ilb..23a. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


IL  To  have  the  direction  and  management,  and  provide  for 
the  safe  keeping  and  expenditure  of  all  the  educational  funds 
of  the  State,  wi^h  due  regard  to  the  highest  interests  of  edu- 
cation. 

IIL  To  entertain  and  decide  upon  questions  and  appeals 
referred  to  them  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction on  an}'  matter  of  difference  or  dispute  arising  under 
the  operations  of  this  act,  and  to  prescribe  the  manner  of 
making  appeals  and  conducting  arbitrations. 

IV.  To  remove  any  subordinate  officer  in  the  department 
for  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or  other  cause  which  would 
disqualify  a  person  for  the  appointment. 

V.  To  keep  in  view  the  establishment  of  schools  on  a 
Inroad  and  liberal  basis,  the  object  of  which  shall  be  to  impart 
instruction  to  youth  in  the  profession  of  teaching,  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  natural  sciences,  the  theory  and  practice  of 
aejricultuie,  horticulture,  mining,  engineering  and  the  me- 
chanic arts,  in  the  ancient  and  modern  languages,  in  the 
higher  range  of  mathematics,  literature,  and  in  useful  and 
ornamental  branches  not  taught  in  common  schools. 

VI.  To  co-operate  with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  in  the  management  of  the  department,  and  in  the 
«feneral  diffusion  of  knowledore  in  the  State. 

VII.  The  Board  of  Education  shall  invest  moneys  of  the 
common  school  fund  which  it  may  now  have,  and  which  from 
time  to  time  may  come  to  its  hands,  in  bonds  of  the  United 
States  and  of  the  several  states  at  the  current  market  values 
of  such  bonds  at  the  time  of  making  such  investments,  and 
such  Board  may  from  time  to  time  change  investments  held  by 
it,  and  reinvest  the  proceeds  arising  from  such  change  in  se- 
curitios  authorized  by  law:  Promcled.,  however^  That  in  no 
•case  shall  any  investment  be  made  in  any  bonds  on  which  the 
interest  is  not  regularly  paid,  or  as  to  the  validity  of  which 
any  suit  may  be  pending. 

Vlir.  On  nomination  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  appoint  mem- 
bers to  fill  all  vacancies  for  unexpired  terms  on  County  School 
Boards  [County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction]. 

NORMAL    SCHOOLS. 


1893. 


With  regard  to 
School  Fund. 


With  regard  to 
appeals. 


Removal  of 
subordinate 
officers. 


Hisher  Edu- 
cation. 


To  co-operate 
with  State  Su- 
perintendent 
of  Public  In- 
struction. 


To  invest 
School  Fund. 
lb.,  267. 


Investment  In 
what. 


To  fill  vacan- 
cies on  County 
School  Boards. 

Abbreviation 
of  Sec.  4,  Chap. 
4193,  June  2, '93 


White  Normal 
established. 


?.  A    Normal  School  for   the   training   and    instruction    of 
white  teachers  is  established    at    DeFuniak    Springs,  Walton 
•county,  under  the  direction  and   control  of  the  State  I^oard  of    ib.Sec.  268 
Education. 


10  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

1893.  10.  The  State  Board  of   Education  shall   elect  a  faculty,  to- 

Z      Z~~Z         consist  of  a  principal  and  two  assistant  instructors,   who  shall 
Faculty,  now      ,  .,^,^         ..  i     ■  •  i'n^j^ 

elected.  have  in  charge  the  training  and    instruction    ot    ail  students,. 

subject  to  the  approval  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

11.  A  Normal  School  for  colored  teachers  is  established  at 
NormaiSchool  Tallahassee,  Leon  county,  similar  in  all  respects  as  prescribed 
««tewlue?.&c  above  for  the  establishment  of  the  normal  school  for  white 
lb..  See.  209.      teachers,  and  subject  to  the  direction  and  control  of  the  State 

Board  of  Education. 

INSTITUTE    rOR    BLIND,    DEAF    AND    DUMB. 

12.  The  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  are  the- 
Stete  Board  of  trustees  of  the  institute  hereinafter  specified,  under  the  name 
Managers.         of   the  Board  of  Managers  of   the  Florida   Institute   for  the 

R.  S.,  Sec.  270.    ^^^^^^  j)^^f  ^^^  j^^^^^^l^ 

13.  Said  institute  shall  remain  in  its  present  location  near 
Location.          St.  Augustine,  in  St.  Johns  county,  and  shall  be  an  asylum  for 

'     '  the  indigent  blind  and  deaf  and  dumb  in  Ihis  State. 

14.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the  education,. 
Who  are  bene-  care  and  maintenance  at  said  asylum  of  all  persons  residing  in 
ib^fS'           this  State  between  the  ages  of  six  and  twenty-one  years,  who. 

may  be  blind  or  deaf  and  dumb,  and  who  are  not  able  to  ed- 
ucate and  maintain  themselves;  but  any  person  who  may  be 
Who  shall  pay.  j^jj^^j  qj.  jg^f  and  dumb,  but  who  may  have  sufficient  means 
to  educate  himself,  shall  be  received  and  cared  for  in  said  in- 
stitution, and  enjoy  the  advantages  thereof,  by  paying  such  an. 
amount  per  annum  as  may  be  necessary  to  cover  the  actual 
cost  of  his  education  and  support. 

15.  Any  person  entitled  to  admission  into  said  institute  as  a 
Certificate  non-paying  inmate,  or  the  parent,  guardian,  or  next  friend  of 
adSbenefi-  ^^^^  person,  may  apply  to  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners 
ciaiies.  lb. 273.  of  the  county  of  his  residence,  and  the  County  Commissioners^ 

if  satisfied  that  the  persen  is  so  entitled  to  such  admission,  shall 

issue  a  certificate  to  that  effect,  upon  which  the  applicant  shall 

be  received  into  the  asylum. 
Transporta-^         16.  Said   Board   of   County     Commissioners    shall    supply 
tion.   lb, 274.   means  of  transportation  of  such  person  to  said  asylum. 

17.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  provide  for  the  inmates. 
Necessary  to  of  said  institute  necessary  bedding,  clothing,  food  and  medical 
ib.r275T^  ^  '      attendance,  and  such  other   things    as  may  be  proper   for  the 

health  and  comfort  of  said  inmates. 

Teachers.  ^^-  ^^^^  Board  of  Managers  shall  also  provide  for  the  edu- 

ib.,276.  '  cation    of  the  inmates  of    said  institute  and  shall  employ  such. 

teachers  as  may  be  competent  to  instruct  the  blind  and  deaf 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


11 


and  dumb,  and  fit  them  for  aiding  in  earning  a  support,  and  in 
sharing  the  enjoyments  of  life. 

19.  Said  Board  of  Managers  shall  report  to  the  Legislature 
at  each  session  the  condition  and  management  of  said  institute, 
the  work  done  therein  and  the  expenditures  therefor. 

STATE    STPERINTENDENT   OF   PUBLIC    INSTRUC- 
TION. 


1893. 


Report, 
lb.,  277 


20.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
liave  the  oversight,  charge  and  management  of  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  public  schools,  school  buildings  and 
grounds. 

21.  It  is  his  dut}^  and  he  is  hereby  empowered: 

I.  To  prepare  and  cause  to  be  printed  and  distributed  gra- 
tuitously to  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  and  other  officers 
and  teachers,  as  many  copies  of  the  school  laws,  and  such 
forms,  instruments,  instructions,  regulations  and  decisions  as 
he  may  judge  necessary  for  their  use. 

II.  To  call  conventions  of  County  Superintendents  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction,  and  other  officers,  for  obtaining  and  imparting 
information  on  the  practical  workings  of  the  school  sys- 
tem, and  the  means  of  promoting  its  efficiency  and  useful- 
ness. 

III.  To  assemble  teachers  in  institutes  and  employ  compe- 
tent instructors  to  impart  information  on  improved  methods 
of  teaching  and  conducting  schools,  and  other  relevant  mat- 
ters. 

IV.  To  apportion  the  interest  on  the  common  school  fund 
and  the  fund  raised  by  the  one  mill  State  tax  authorized  by 
Section  6  of  Article  XII,  of  the  Constitution,  among  the  sev- 
eral counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  chil- 
dren residing  therein  between  the  aQ:es  of  six  (6)  and  twenty- 
one  (21)  years. 

V.  To  make  such  apportionments  as  may  in  his  judgment 
be  rijsjht  and  just,  when  the  census  and  returns  on  which  the 
apportionments  should  be  made  are  manifestly  defective  or 
have  not  been  received  by  him. 

VI.  To  entertain  and  decide  upon  appeals  and  questions 
arising  under  this  act,  or  refer  such  to  the  Board  of  Education 
for  decision. 

VII.  To  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management 
of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction. 


Jurisdistion 
of  State  Supt.. 
Tbi<3,  See.  r«. 


Duties  of. 
Ibid,  Sec.  133. 


Print  and  dis- 
tribute laws, 
forms,  etc. 


To  call  Con- 
ventions of 
County  Super- 
intendents. 


To  bold 
Teaci»pi-s'  In- 
stitutes. 


To  apportion 
school  mon- 
eys. 


To  mak€  dis- 
cretionary ap- 
portionments. 


To  decide 
upon  appeals^ 


To  prescribe 
reg:ulations. 


12 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893.  VIIL  He  shall  have  a  seal  for  his  office,  with  which,  in  con- 

nection with  his  own  signature,  to  authenticate  copies  of  de- 
cisions, acts  or  documents,  which  copies  so  authenticated  shall 
be  of  the  same  force  as  the  originals. 

IX.  He  shall  reside  at  the  seat  of  government  of  this 
State,  and  shall  keep  his  office  in  a  room  in  the  capi- 
tol. 

X.  He  shall  prepare  the  questions  for  county  examinations 
and  distribute  same  to  County  Superintendents;  hold  written 
examinations  for  and  issue  State  Certificates.  He  may  grant 
Life  Certificates  and  Special  Life  Certificates  according  to  law; 
and  may  order  county  examinations  on  other  days  than  those 
prescribed  by  law. 

XL  He  shall  nominate  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  for 
appomtment  members  to  fill  all  vacancies  for  unexpired  terms 
on  County  School  Boards  [County  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion]. 

XII.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  to 
visit  each  seminary  at  least  once  in  each  year,  and  he  shall 
annually  make  to  the  Governor,  to  be  by  him  laid  before  the 
Legislature  at  each  regular  session  thereof,  a  full  and  detailed 
report  of  the  doings  of  the  respective  boards  of  education, 
and  of  all  their  expenditures,  and  the  moneys  received  for 
tuition,  and  the  prospects,  progress  and  usefulness  of  said  sem- 


To  have  a  seal, 
lb,  Sec.  134. 


To  reside  at 
Capital. 
lb..  Sec.  1,'15. 


To  prepare 
questions,hoId 
examinations 
and  issi  e  cer- 
tificates. 

Abbr.  Sees  8, 
9,  10,  20,  Chap. 
4192,  Junes, '93 

To  nominate 
for  vacancies 
on  County 
School  Board. 

Abbr.  Sec.  4, 
Chap.  4193. 
June  2, 1893, 

Visit  Serain- 
ries.  Abbr. 
See.  312,323, 
Kev.  Stat. 


Report  to  the 
Governor. 


inaries,  including  so  much  of  the  report  of  the  Board  of 
itors  as  he  may  deem  advisable. 


Yis- 


A  corporate 

Iwdy. 

K.  S.,  Sec.  236. 


Orjjranizalion 
«  primairy 
duty. 
Ibid,  241. 


COUNTY  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

22.  Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  constituted  a  body 
corporate  by  the  name  of  "The  Board  of   Public    Instruction 

for  the  County  of ,  State  of  Florida,"  and  in  that 

name  may  acquire  and  hold  real  and  personal  property,  re- 
ceive bequests  and  donations,  and  perform  other  corporate  acts 
for  educational  purposes. 

23.  Each  board  shall,  before  proceeding  to  any  other  busi- 
ness, complete  its  own  organization.  Then  the  chairman  and 
secretary  shall  make  and  sign  two  copies  of  the  proceedings  of 
organization,  and  annex  their  affidavits  to  each  that  the  same 
is  a  correct  and  true  copy  of  the  original.  They  shall  file  one 
copy  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
county,  to  be  by  him  recorded  in  the  record  of  deeds,  and  file 
the  other  copy  in  the  office  of  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


13 


24.  The  title  to  the  school   property  of  the  county  shall  be        1893. 
vested  in  them  and  their  successors  in    office,  except  in  such  xo  hold  title* 
sub-districts  as  provided  for.  ibid,  237. 

25.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
be  paid  from  the  school  funds  for  their  services  two  dollars 
per  diem  and  ten  cents  mileage. 

[Mileage  from  January,  1895,  "not  exceeding  five  cents  per  mile,"  Sec.  5, 
Chap,  4193   June  2, 18931. 

26.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall 
be  secretary  of  the  board. 

27.  The  county  treasurers  of  the  several  counties  shall  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  constituted  the  treasurers  of  the  sdiool 
funds  in  their  respective  counties.' 

28.  Each  Board  of  Public  Instruction  is  directed — 

I.  To  obtain  possession  of,  accept  and  hold,  under  proper 
title,  as  a  corporation,  all  property  possessed,  acquired  or  held 
by  the  county  for  educational  purposes,  and  to  manage  and 
dispose  of  the  same  for  the  best  interest  of  education;  Pro- 
vided^ That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  pre- 
vent any  sub-district  from  holding  school  property  that  it  has, 
or  may  hereafter  acquire,  for  school  purposes,  or  prevent  such 
districts  from  receiving  their  portion  of  moneys  as  set  apart 
for  school  purposes. 

II.  To  locate  and  maintain  schools  in  every  locality  in  the 
county  where  they  may  be  needed,  to  accommodate,  as  far  as 
practicable,  all  the  youth  between  the  ages  of  six  (6)  and 
twenty-one  (21)  years,  during  not  less  than  four  months  in  each 
year. 

III.  To  appoint  one  supervisor  for  each  school  on  the  re- 
commendation of  the  patrons,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  super- 
vise  the  work  of  the  school  and  to  report  to  the  County  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  monthly  the  result  of  his  ob- 
servations. 

IV.  To  select  and  provide  a  site  for  each  school  house  of 
not  less  than  one-half  acre  of  ground  in  the  rural  districts, 
and  as  nearly  that  amount  as  practicable  in  the  villages  or  cities; 
the  situation  to  be  dry,  airy,  healthful  and  pleasant,  also  rea- 
sonably central  and  convenient  of  access  for  all  who  should 
attend  the  school. 

V.  To  do  whatever  is  necessary  with  regard  to  purchasing 

or  renting   school  sites  and  premises,  constructing,  repairing,    crelfonary^ 
furnishing,  warming,  ventilating,  keeping  in  order  or  improv-  poJj|r^"^ 
ing  the  school  houses,  outbuildings,  fences,  land  and  movable 
property,  procuring  proper  apparatus  for  the  schools,  grading 


ConapensatiOB 
Ibid,  236. 


Secretary  of 


Treasurer  of 
lb.,  Sec.  240. 


R.  S.,  Sec.  42. 

To  hold  titles 
and  dispose  of 
property. 


Sub- district 
property. 


To  locate 
schools. 

School  ageaiut 
minimium 
terra  defined. 


To  appoint 
Supervisors. 


Provide 
school  site. 


14 


SCHOOL  LAWS, 


1893, 


To  establiish 
High  Schools. 


Toempioyand 
contract  with 
teachers. 

Three  mile 
limit. 


To  audit  ac- 
counts. 


Keep  a  eom- 
PiCte  record  of 
official  acts, 
and  report  to 
State  Supt. 


Grade  schools 
and  prescribe 
course  of 
study. 


Compensation 
County  &aper- 
iatendei^t. 

Plenary  pow- 
ers. 


To  hold  regu- 
lar meetings. 


To  make  an 
itemized  esti- 
m.ate  for  the 
ensuing  schol- 
astic year. 


and  classifying  the  pupils,  and  providing  separate  schools  for 
the  different  classes  in  such  a  manner  as  will  secure  the  largest 
attendance  of  pupils,  promote  the  harmony  and  advancement 
of  the  school,  and  establishing,  when  required  by  the  patrons, 
schools  of  higher  grades  of  instruction  where  the  advance- 
ment and  number  of  pupils  require  them. 

YI.  To  employ  teachers  for  every  school  in  the  county,  and 
to  contract  with  and  psLj  the  same  for  their  services;  J^ro- 
vided,  That  schools  shall  not  be  located  nearer  than  three 
miles  to  each  other,  unless  for  some  local  reason  or  neces- 
sity. 

rciause  VII  repealed  by  Chapter  4192,  .Tune  8, 1S93.] 

VIII.  To  audit  and  pay  all  accounts  due  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

IX.  To  keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  their  official  acts,  pro- 
ceedings and  decisions,  of  all  moneys  received,  held  or  dis- 
bursed, of  all  property  acquired  or  disposed  of,  in  a  proper 
set  of  account  books,  and  a  record  of  the  state  and  condition 
of  each  school,  and  to  report  the  same  to  the  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction  when  required.  They  shall  also 
at  the  close  of  the  scholastic  year  prepare  an  itemized  report 
of  all  moneys  by  them  received  and  disbursed. 

X.  To  prescribe,  in  consultation  with  prominent  teachers,  a 
course  of  study  for  the  schools  of  the  county  and  grade  them 
properly,  and  to  require  to  be  taught  in  every  public  school  in 
the  county  over  which  they  preside,  elementary  physiology, 
especially  as  it  relates  to  the  effects  of  alcoholic  stimulants  and 
narcotics,  morally,  mentally  and  physically;  and  all  persons  ap- 
plying for  certificates  to  teach  shall  be  examined  upon  this 
branch  of  study,  under  the  same  conditions  as  other  branches 
required  by  law. 

XL  To  fix  the  compensation  for  the  services  of  the  County 
Sui3erintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

XII.  To  perform  all  acts  reasonable  and  necessary  for  the 
promotion  of  the  educational  interests  of  the  county  and  the 
general  diffusion  of  knowledge  among  the  citizens. 

XIII.  To  hold  regular  meetings  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness, by  arrangement  with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  to  convene  a  special  session  on  emergencies 
when  requested  by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction. 

XIV.  The  Board  of  Public  Instruction  in  each  county  shall, 
on  or  before  the  last  Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  prepare  an 
itemized  estimate    showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for 


SCHOOL  LAWS, 


15 


1893. 


the  maintenance  of  the  necessary  common  schools  in  their 
county  for  the  next  ensuing  scholastic  year,  statmg  the  amount 
in  mills  on  the  dollar  of  the  taxable  property  of  the  county, 
-which  shall  not  be  less  than  three  nor  more  than  five  mills,  and 
furnish  a  copy  of  the  statement  to  [Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners] and  tile  a  copy  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction. 

[The  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  the  county  at  a  meetinj?  for  cor- 
rectinjf  and  reviewinj?  tiie  county  assessment  shall  immediatelj-  thereafter  as- 
ceitaiu  and  determine  the  amount  of  money   to  be  raised  by  tax  for  county 

purposes and  shall  levy  a  tax  not  to  exceed  five  mills  nor  less  than  three 

mills  on  the  dollar  on  the  real  and  personal  property  of  the  county  for  county 
school  purposes,  such  tax  to  be  estimated  by  the  County  School  Board.— Abr. 
Sec  2,  Chup,  4116].  * 

Xy .  To  select  candidates  for  admission  to  the  State  College 
aud  Seminaries. 

29.  No  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  have  power  to  en- 
ter into  contract  with  any  of  its  members,  except  for  the  pur- 
pose of  obtaining  school  sites. 

30.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction, before  every  public  examination,  to  appoint  a  grad- 
ing committee,  and  to  keep  secret  the  names  of  persons  com- 
prising said  committee  until  its  work  is  performed. 

31.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion in  each  county  to  determine  the  time  for  the  opening  of 
the  schools,  and  to  fix  within  prescribea  limits  the  number  of 
hours  that  shall  comprise  a  school  day. 

ELECTIOX  OF  COUNTY  BOARDS  OF  PUBLIC  IXSTRUCTION. 

3*2.  At  the  first  meeting  in  July,  1894,  the  County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  in  each  county  shall  divide  their  respective  Board  of  Pub- 
counties  into  three  county  school  board  districts  so  as  to  place 
in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  same  number  of 
qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  distpicts  being  so  drawn  as  to 
place  each  election  district  wholly  within  one  or  another  of 
said  county  school  board  districts;  and  the  members  of  the 
County  School  Board  [County  Board  of  Public  Instruction] 
shall  file  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  for 
such  county  a  certificate  of  their  said  action,  containing  a  de- 
scription of  the  boundaries  of  said  districts,  and  naming  the 
election  districts  comprising  each  county  school  board  district, 
which  certificate  shall  be  published  in  a  newspaper  published 
in  the  county,  or  if  there  be  no  newspaper  pubUshed  in  the 
county,  then  by  posting  at  the  county  court  house  door  for 
four  weeks  thereafter.     The  County   School    Board    [County 

*For  the  duties  of  County  Commissioners,  Assessors,  Collectors,  Clerks  of 
Circuit  Courts  and  Treasurers  in  regar<l  to  county  school  fund,  see  Appendix, 
Chap,  4115,  Sees.  33  and  35. 


Shall  not  con- 
tract with 
members, 
lb.,  Sec.  242. 

Appoint  grad- 
ing commit- 
tees. 

Sec.  14,  Chap. 
4193,  June  8, 


To  fix  time  for 
opening 
schools,  and 
define  a 
school  day. 

Abb.,  Chaps. 
4195  and  4196. 


lie  Instruction 
to  district 
county.     Sec. 
3,  Chap.  4193, 
June  2, 1893. 


16 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


When  districts 
may  oe 
cbang-ed. 


Board  of  Public  Instruction]  may  thereafter  change  the  boun- 
daries of  any  such  districts  at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year 
of  a  general  election,  but  such  change  shall  be  certified  in  the 
clerk's  office  and  published  as  required  for  fixing  such  districts 
in  the  first  instance. 


33.  That  at  the  next  general  election  (after  June  2,  1893), 
Term  of  office,  and  every  two  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  in  each 
lb,  Sec.  1.  county  in  this  State  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
hereinafter  mentioned  as  the  County  School  Board,  consisting 
of  three  members,  whose  terms  of  office  shall  begin  the  first 
Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  January  after  such  election,, 
and  terminate  upon  the  qualification  of  their  successors  two 
years  thereafter. 

Election  by  34.  The  members  of   the  County    School    Board    [County 

Boa?d  dIs?^^^   Board  of   Public    Instruction]  shall  be  elected  one  from  each 
tricts.  county  school  board  district  by  the  qualified   electors    of    such 

district. 


lb..  Sec.  3. 


Vacancies 
filled  by  ap- 

Kintment. 
.,  Sec.  4. 


35.  All  vacancies  on  said  board  shall  be  filled  for  the  unex-^ 
pired  term  by  appointment  by  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
on  the  nomination  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction. 


36.  The   members  of   the   County   School  Board  [County 
Compensation    Board  of  Public  Instruction]   shall    be  paid  from   the    county 
■'   ^^'  '        school  fund  for   their  services,  two   dollars   per  day  for  each 
day's    service,  and  not    exceeding   five    cents    per  mile   for 
traveling    expenses.       All    traveling    expenses,    before    be- 
ing paid,  shall    be    itemized    and    approved  by   the  Board.. 

SCHOOL    SUB-DISTRICTS. 


What  may 
constitute  a 
School  Sub- 
district. 
Abbr.  Chaps. 
4191  and  4197, 
L.  F. 

Boundaries 
defined  in  pe- 
tition. 


How  created. 


37.  An  election  may  be  held  under  the  order  and  direction 
of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  any  county,  if  they  shall 
deem  it  advisable,  in  any  election  district  [community  conven- 
ient to  any  public  school,  Chapter  4197],  or  incorporated 
city  or  town  of  such  county,  upon  the  j^etition  of 
one-fourth  of  the  registered  and  qualified  voters  thereof, 
who  are  tax  payers  on  real  or  personal  property  therein, 
and  haye  paid  all  taxes  due  by  them  for  two  years  next 
preceding  the  presentation  of  such  petition,  to  determine 
whether  such  election  district  [community,  Chapter  4197], 
city  or  town,  shall  be  a  school  sub-district;  [Provided^  The 
petition  shall  fix  and  define  the  boundary  of  the  district  or 
community  intended  to  be  made  a  school  sub-district, — Chap- 
4197].     Any  such  election  shall  be  held,  and  the  result  ascer^ 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


17 


tained  and  declared  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  is  provided  by  law  for  the  holding  of  elections  concern- 
ing Article  XLY  of  the  Constitution,  substituting  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  for  the  County  Commissioners.  It  shall  re- 
quire a  majority  of  the  votes  of  those  voting  at  any  such  elec- 
tion to  determine  any  matter  in  the  affirmative.  If  such  sub- 
district  is  created,  three  school  trustees  shall  be  elected 
therein,  upon  a  day  to  be  fixed  bj^  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, and  the  same  day  biennally  thereafter.* 

38.  All  voters  in  such  election  for  sub-districts  or  trustees 
shall  have  the  qualifications  specified  in  section  .87,  for  peti- 
tioners for  elections  to  establish  sub- districts. 

39.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  trustees,  on  or  before  the 
last  Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  to  prepare  an  itemized  esti- 
mate, showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  neces- 
sary common  school  purposes  of  their  sub-district,  for  the  next 
ensiling  scholastic  year;  stating  the  rate  of  millage  to  be  as- 
sessed and  collected  upon  the  taxable  property  of  their  sub- 
district  to  cover  such  amount,  not  to  exceed  three  mills  on  the 
dollar.  A  copy  of  the  itemized  estimate  herein  provided  for 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  ot  County  Commis- 
sioners, which  Board  shall  direct  the  Assessor  of  Taxes  to  as- 
sess, and  the  Collector  to  collect  the  amount  so  stated.  Mon- 
eys collected  under  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  paid 
over  to  the  trustees  of  tlie  sub-district  in  which  the  tax  is 
levied. 

40.  These  trustees  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction, supervise  each  school  in  their  dist.  ict  and  see 
that  the  teachers  perform  their  work  promptly  and  energetic- 
ally, and  that  the  general  work,  discipline  and  morale  of  the 
school  is  satisfactory,  and  report  to  the  Board  of  Public  In- 
struction at  their  regular  monthly  meetings. 

41.  They  shall  also  be  a  corporation  with  the  usual  powers 
for  the  purpose  of  performing  their  duties  [except  that  no 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  by  contract  or  otherwise  encumber 
the  property  of  their  sub-district — Chapter  4197]. 

42.  They  shall  receive  and  hold  the  money  which  may  be 
assessed  and  collected  as  hereinbefore  provided,  as  a  special 
tax  to  be  disbursed  in  the  district  where  collected  solely  for 
school  purposes,  such  as  building  school-houses,  furnishing  the 

*IJoth  of  the  acts  provide  for  the  election  of  three  trustees  biennially;  one 
at  the  election  when  the  sub  district  is  cieated,  the  other  at  a  subsequent  day 
tixed  by  the  County  Board  ol  Public  Instruction:  not  considering  this  a  mate- 
rial difference,  the  latter  has  been  retained  as  (he  law. 


1893. 


Election  of 
Trustees. 


QualificatioDi 
of  voters. 


Duties  of 
Trustees  and 
other  oflBcers. 


Trustees  re- 
port toCounty 
Board  of  Pub- 
lie  Instruc- 
tion, 


A  corpora- 
tion. 


Powers  of 
Trustees.. 


18 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


Sliail  give 
bond. 


Sub-dJstrict ; 
abolished 


1893.         same,  repairing,   heating  and    cleansing,  and  wiien  necessary 
~   paying  any  legitimate    deficit    due  the  teachers.     These  trus- 
tees shall  be  required  to  give  bond  in  twice  the  amount  raised 
by  the  special  tax,  to  be    approved   by  the   County  Board  of 
Public  Instruction,  before  receiving  any  such  money. 

43.  Any  sub-district  may  be  abolished  by  like  proceedings  as 
those  above  provided  for  its  establishment.* 

Note. — The  above  will  be  construed  as  the  law  on  the  subject  of 
sub-distiicts,  until  set  aside  bv  the  courts.  Chapters  4197  and  4194, 
laws  of  Florida,  enacted  by  the  last  Legislature,  either  repeal  or  re- 
enact  every  provision  contained  in  Sections  244  and  345  of  the  Re- 
vised Statutes.  These  two  laws  passed  by  the  same  Legislature  are 
^'^w  pari  materia'^  and  must  be  construed  together. 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC   INSTRUC- 
TION. 


Duties  4kt 
County  Super- 
djotendent. 


T<y  make  in- 
spection. 
Rev.  Stat., 
SecSlfi- 


To  visit  and 
-^eacamme  each 
school. 


To  awaken  in- 
terest in  edu- 
cation. 


To  confer 
with  Sopervi- 


44.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  is  di- 
rected— 

I.  To  make  timely  inspection  of  the  county,  to  ascertain 
the  location  in  which  schools  should  be  established,  the  num- 
ber of  youth  who  would  attend  each,  and  the  amount  of  aid 
that  the  citizens  of  the  neighborhood  will  contribute  to  en- 
courage the  establishment  of  a  school. 

II.  To  visit  each  scliool  at  least  once  during  each  school 
term,  and  to  make  a  thorough  examination  of  its  condition  as 
respects  the  progress  of  the  pupils  in  learning,  the  order  and 
discipline  observed,  the  system  of  instruction  pursued,  the  at- 
tendance of  the  pupils,  the  mode  of  keeping  the  school 
records,  the  character  and  condition  of  the  school  buildings, 
furniture,  books,  apparatus  and  premises,  the  efficiency  of  the 
school  supervisor,  the  interest  and  co-operation  of  the  citizens 
in  regard  to  educational  matters,  and  to  give  such  advice  as  he 
may  judge  proper. 

III.  To  do  all  in  his  power  to  awaken  an  increased  interest 
in  parents,  guardians,  school  supervisors  and  teachers,  with 
regard  to  the  better  education  of  youth  in  every  respect,  and 
the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge. 

IV.  To  confer  with  the  school  supervisors  frequently  and 
see  that  they  attend  to  their  duties,  keeping  them  supplied 
with  a  copy  of  the  school  laws,  decisions,  blanks  and  regula- 
tions of  the  department. 


*The  lattei'  clause  of  this  section  is  omitted  as  a  nullity,  being  at  variance 
with  Chapter  419T,  which  clearly  provides  that  "any  community  convenient  to  a 
public  school"  may  be  created  a  sub-district. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


19 


Y.  To  select  for  school  supervisors  persons  whose  charac- 
ter, qualifications  and  sympathy  with. education  specially  com- 
/xnend  them  to  those  positions. 

VL  To  keep  a  record  by  number,  name  and  description  of 
the  locality  of   each    school   established,    of   the  expenses  in- 


1893. 


curred   for, 
schools. 


and   of   his   visits  of   inspection   to,  the  several 


VII.  To  notify  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion, immediately  upon  entering  his  duties,  of  the  names  and 
addresses  of  all  county  school  officers. 

VIII.  To  decide  upon  questions  in  dispute  which  arise  un- 
der the  operations  of  this  act,  when  submitted  to  him  by  the 
parties  interested,  and  to  refer  his  decisions  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction. 

IX.  To  see  that  the  interests  of  the  county  are  properly 
guarded,  and  its  rights  secured  in  the  making  and  perform- 
ance of  every  contract  for  the  construction  of  school  buildings, 
or  for  other  purposes;  and  that  all  moneys  apportioned  to  or 
raised  by  the  county  are  applied  to  the  objects  for  which  they 
'were  granted  or  raised. 

X.  To  examine  candidates  for  teaching  and  issue  certificates 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  4192,  Laws  of 
Florida. 

XI.  To  revoke  or  suspend  certificates,  and  to  suspend  those 
issued  by  other  authority  for  cause  manifestly  sufficient,  giving 
notice  in  writing  to  the  authority  issuing  them  and  of  the 
grounds  for  so  doing;  also  notifying  the  teacher  in  like  man- 
ner, and  of  the  right  of  appeal,  to  whom  and  when  such  ap- 
peal should  be  made. 

45.  In  case  the  school  supervisor  fails  to  take  the  census  of 
the  children,  as  *  *  *  *  provided  in  any  year  when  re- 
quired, then  the  County  Superintendent  of  PubHc  Instruction 
shall  perform  or  cause  to  be  performed,  that  duty,  and  receive 
the  same  emoluments. 

Note.— County  Superintendent  not  authorized  to  purchase  lands  for 
school  purposes  without  being  authorized  by  County  Board  of  In- 
struction. Board  of  Public  Instruction  Nassau  County  v.  Billings,  15 
Fla.,  6H6. 

SCHOOL  SUPERVISORS. 

46.  Every  supervisor  is  directed — 

I.  To  supervise  the  work  and  management  of  the  school  and 
its  interests  over  which  he  is  appointed,  and  report  monthly  to 
the  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 


Concerning? 
selection  of 
Supervisors. 

To  keep  re- 
cord ot  each 
school. 


To  report 
names  of 
school  otBcers. 


To  decide  dis- 
puted ques- 
tions. 


To  have  gene- 
ral oversight 
of  countv 
school  affairs. 


To  examine 
candidates  • 
and  issue  cer 
tificates. 
Abbr.  Chap. 
4192. 

To  revoke  or 
susperd  cer- 
tificates. 

Right  of  ap- 
peal. 

Rev.  Stat, 
Sec.  246. 


When  census 
to  be  taken  by. 
Abbr..  lb.  Sec. 
261. 


To  inspect 
school  and  re- 
port. 

Rev.  Stat., 
Sec.  247. 


20 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


General  du- 
ties. 


To  co-operatf 
with  teacher. 


To  take  cen- 
sus. 
lb  .  Sec.  2m. 


Penalty  for 
failure. 


Legal  teach- 
ers. 

Sec.  1  Chap . 
4192,  June  8., 
1893. 


Grades  of  Cer- 
tificates, 
lb.,  Sec.  2. 


Mode  of  ex- 
amination, 
lb.  3. 


Prerequisites. 


Fee. 
lb.  4. 


Qualifications 
for  Third 
Grade  Certifi- 
cates. 


IL  To  supervise  the  construction,  rental,  repair  and  im- 
provement of  the  school  buildings,  furniture,  fences,  grounds- 
and  fixtures;  to  procure  a  copy  of  the  school  laws,  regulations- 
and  decisions  for  the  use  of  the  teacher  and  for  his  own  in- 
struction. 

III.  To  attend  at  all  times  when  requested  by,  and  co-oper- 
ate with  the  teacher  in  his  efforts  to  elevate  the  character  and 
condition  of  the  school;  to  review  all  suspensions  from  school 
by  the  teacher  of  pupils  guilty  of  gross  misconduct  and  a  dis- 
regard of  and  persistent  opposition  to  the  authority  of  the 
teacher,  and  to  promptly  report  the  same  to  the  County  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction. 

47.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  school  supervisor  in  the 
year  A.  T>.  1892  to  take  the  census  of  all  the  children  over 
which  his  supervision  extends,  between  the  ages  of  four  and 
twenty-one  and  six  and  twenty-one  years,  and  if  any  of  them, 
be  blind  or  deaf  mutes  he  shall  so  state,  and  to  report  the 
same  on  oath  to  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  of  said  year,  and  every 
four  years  thereafter,  for  which  service  he  shall  receive  three 
cents  for  each  child  reported  to  the  County  Superintendent; 
and  upon  the  failure  of  the  school  supervisor  to  perform  this 
duty  he  shall  be  removed  from  his  office. 

TEACHERS'  CERTIFICATES. 

48.  No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in  the  public 
schools  of  this  State  who  does  not  hold  a  teachers'  cer- 
tificate, granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act. 

49.  There  shall  be  five  grades  of  certificates  issued  as 
herein  specified,  and  named  respectively,  to-wit:  Third 
Grade,  Second  Grade,  First  Grade,  State,  and  Life,  Certificate. 

50.  No  certificate,  except  Life  Certificates,  shall  be  issued  ex- 
cept on  written  examination,  or  written  and  oral  examinations,, 
as  provided  in  this  act. 

51.  Any  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  any  grade,  before  be- 
ing eligible  for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  examiner  a 
written  endorsement  of  good  moral  character  from  a  responsi- 
ble person,  and  shall  pay  an  examination  fee  of  one  dollar, 
which  fund  shall  be  applied  as  hereinafter  provided. 

52.  An  applicant  for  a  Third  Grade  Certificate  shall  be  ex- 
amined in  orthography,  reading,  arithmetic,  English  grammar, 
composition,  penmanship.  United  States  history,  geography, 
physiology,  and   theory  and   practice  of  teaching,  and  must 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


Good  lor  3 
years, 
lb.  6. 


For  First 
Grade. 


Good  for  3 
years, 
lb.  7. 


make  an  average  grade  on  the  above  named  branches  of  sixty         1893. 
<(60)  per  cent.,  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  forty  (40)  per 
•cent.     The    examination    in    reading  shall  be  both  oral  and 
written.     A  Third  Grade  Certificate  shall  be  good  for  the  period   Good  for  i 
of  one  year  from  date  of  issue,   and   no   person  shall  be  per-   lu^F).""^' 
mitted  to  teach  longer  than  one  year  under  a  Third  Grade  Cer- 
tificate. 

5.S.  A  Second  Grade  Certificate  shall  be  issued  on  examina- 
tion in  the  branches  as  prescribed  for  a  Third  Grade  Certificate.  For  Second 
An  average  grade  of  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent,  shall  be  re- 
quired, with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  fift}^  (50)  per  cent., 
which  certificate  shall  be  good  two  years  from  date  of  issue. 
No  teacher  shall  be  granted  more  than  two  Second  Grade  Cer- 
tificates. 

54.  An  applicant  for  a  First  Grade  Certificate  shall  be  ex- 
amined in  civil  government,  book-keeping,  algebra,  and  physi- 
cal geograph}',  in  addition  to  the  branches  required  for  a  Third 
Grade  Certificate.  An  applicant  for  a  First  Grade  Certificate 
must  make  an  average  grade  of  eighty  (80)  per  cent.,  and 
shall  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (60)  per  cent.  A  First 
Grade  Certificate  shall  be  good  for  three  years  from  date  of  its 
issue. 

55.  A  State  Certificate  shall  be  issued  only  by  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Listruction  to  persons  holding  a  First  state  Certifl- 
Grade  Certificate  atid  who  have  taught  at  least  twenty-four  ^jJom  i?s\ied. 
►(24)  months  (eight  months  of  which  must  have  been  taught  in 
this  State  successfully  under  a  First  Grade  Certificate).  The 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  issue  no  State 
Certificate,  except  on  written  examination  in  the  following 
branches  in  addition  to  those  required  for  a  First  Grade  Cer- 
tificate: Geometry,  trigonometry,  physics,  zoology,  botany, 
latin,  rhetoric,  English  literature,  mental  science  and  general 
history.  A  candidate  for  a  State  Certificate  must  make  an 
average  grade  on  the  prescribed  branches  of  eighty-five  (85) 
per  cent.,  with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (60)  per 
cent.  A  State  Certificate  shall  be  good  for  five  years  from 
date  of  issue. 

56.  Any  teacher  holding  a  State  Certificate  issued  under 
this  act,  and  who  has  taught   successfully  in  a  high  school  in 

this  State  for  the  period  of  thirty  (80)  months,  may  be  granted   cjjjpg^*^''"^" 
a  Life  Certificate  by  the  State  Superintendent,  without  further 
examination,  if  endorsed  by  three  persons  holding  State  Cer- 
tificates as  possessing  eminent  teacliing    alnlity  and  as  having    who  entitled 
l)een    eminently    successful  in    governinij  and   conducting  a 


Who  eligible. 


Qualifications. 


Duration, 
lb.  b. 


22 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


Special  Life 
Certificates. 
lb.  9. 


Limit  of 
Certificates. 
It).  16. 


First  Grade 
Certificates 
may  be  en- 
dorsed. 

Extent  of 
State  and  Life 
Certificates. 
lb.  17. 


Revocation  of 
Certificates, 
lb.  18. 


schooL  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  prevent  the  State  Superin- 
tendent from  granting  Special  Life  Certificates  to  eminently- 
successful  kindergarten  or  primary  teachers,  who  have  taught 
three  years  in  this  State,  good  only  in  that  department  of 
schools. 

57.  Third  and  Second  Grade  Certificates  shall  be  good  only 
in  the  county  in  which  they  are  issued. 

58.  Any  First  Grade  Certificate  may  be  endorsed  by  the 
County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in  the  State,  and  then, 
will  become  good  for  its  unexpired  time  in  the  county  in 
which  it  is  endorsed  as  well  as  in  the  one  in  which  it  was  is- 
sued. State  and  Life  Certificates  granted  in  accordance  with 
this  act  shall  be  good  throughout  the  State  for  the  periods  for 
which  they  are  granted. 

59.  A  certificate  of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  the  au- 
thority issuing  it,  when  the  holder  proves  to  be  unsuccessful, 
incompetent,  or  is  proven  guilty  of  any  gross  immorality.  A 
First  Grade  Certificate  may  be  revoked  for  any  of  tjie  above- 
reasons  by  a  County  Superintendent  endorsing  it. 


Number  and 
date  of  exami- 
nations. 
Sec.  19,  Chap. 
4192.  June  8, 
1893. 


Special  exam- 
inations, 
lb.  30. 


Examination 
by  County  Su- 
perintendent. 


Seal,  when  to 
be  broken. 


Penalty  for 
cheating  in 
examinations. 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  FOR  EXAMINATION. 

60.  There  shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year  in  each 
county  in  the  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the  first  Mon- 
day in  May  and  September,  and  each  may  continue  one  or 
more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  examiner  and  a  vote  of  the 
examinees;  Promded^  That  only  one  examination  may  be  held 
in  any  county,  if  two  be  found  unnecessary. 

61.  The  State  Superintendent,  for  sufficient  cause,  may  or- 
der examinations  held  on  days  other  than  those  prescribed  by 
Section  1 9  [60]  of  this  act. 

62.  Candidates  for  Third,  Second,  or  First  Grade  Certificates 
shall  be  examined  by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  In- 
struction on  questions  prepared  in  all  cases  by  the  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction.  The  questions  shall  be 
sent  sealed  to  the  County  Superintendents  of  the  various 
counties,  which  seal  shall  not  be  broken  until  the  morning  of 
the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that  day  are  to  be  used, 
and  then  only  in  the  presence  of  the  persons  assembled  for 
examination.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be  found 
guilty  of  securing  or  attempting  to  secure  the  prepared  ques- 
tions, or  who  shall  furnish  the  prepared  questions  to  any 
teacher  or  other  person  in  any  other  way  than  prescribed  by 
this  act,  shall  be  debarred  from  teaching  a  school  or  from  hold- 
ing any  school  office  in  this  State.     The  candidates  for  certifl- 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


2^' 


cates  shall  ask  no  questions,  nor  receive  assistance  from  any 
source  during  the  examination.  In  case  any  examinee  may 
be  in  doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or  she  may 
state  in  writing  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer  accordingly^ 
which  answer  shall  receive  due  consideration  in  grading  the 
papers. 

63.  All  examination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  appointed  assistant, 
who  shall  collect  the  questions  and  answers  on  each  branch  as 
completed,  and  said  examiner  shall  accept  no  paper  of  any  ex- 
aminee containing  a  name  or  mark  which  would  indicate  to 
any  other  than  the  examiner  its  author.  Said  examiner  shall 
himself,  on  collecting  each  paper,  designate  it  by  a  number 
known  only  to  himself,  and  shall  keep  a  record  by  number 
and  by  name  of  the  author  of  each  examination  paper.  Every 
examinee  shall  complete  and  hand  in  the  answers  on  each 
branch  before  the  questions  on  any  other  branch  shall  be 
given  out.  When  every  examinee  has  completed  all  the 
branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange  and  bundle  together  all 
the  papers  of  each  examinee  £und  shall  deliver  the  whole  to  a 
grading  committee. 

GRADING    COMMITTEE. 

64.  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to  any 
authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three  teachers  holding 
the  highest  grade  certiiicates  among  the  teachers  of  the 
county  as  a  grading  committee;  said  committee  shall,  imme- 
diately after  the  close  of  any  examination,  carefully  examine 
and  grade,  agreeably  to  instructions  sent  out  by  the  State 
Superintendent,  each  paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County 
Superintendent.  When  the  said  committee  shall  have  com- 
pleted its  work,  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superin- 
tendent all  papers  turned  over  to  it  with  a  gradation  sheet 
showing  the  grade  of  each  examinee  in  each  branch  upon 
which  he  or  she  was  examined,  also  the  average  grade  and 
rank  of  each  examinee.  The  County  Superintendent  shall 
then,  for  the  first  time,  make  known  to  the  grading  commit- 
tee the  name  corresponding  to  the  number  of  any  examinee, 
and  shall  then  in  the  presence  of  said  committee  present  his 
list  and  write  on  said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of  every  ex- 
aminee after  his  or  her  proper  number.  The  said  grading 
committee  shall  retain  one  copy  of  said  gradation  sheet  and 
shall  file  one  with  the  County  Superintendent,  who  shall  issue 
certificates  to  the  examinees  making  averages  according  to 
the  provisions  of  Sections  5,  6,  and  7  [52,  53  and  54]  of  this 
act,  and  to  no  others. 


1893. 


Procedure  in 
ease  ot  doubt 
as  to  meaning 
of  question. 
lb- 10. 


Procedure  in 
conducting: 
examinations. 
lb.  11. 


Appointment 
of  Gradins: 
Committtee. 


Duties  of 
Committee;;. 


County  Su|>eiv.. 

iiitendent  to» 

issue  Certifl*, 

cates. 

lb..  Sec.  12.^ 


24 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


Pay  of  Grad- 
ing Commit- 
tee. 


'Time  allowed. 


Balance  fund, 
how  applied, 
lb.  15. 


Examination 
papers  to  be 
filed. 
lb.  13. 


!r. 


Sec.  21. 


Witti  TcgarA 
to  mind  and 
■raorrfls. 
Rev.  Sts^.., 
Sec  .253. 


Personal  hab- 
its'Od;, pupils. 


'School  "build- 


65.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board  to  pay  the 
members  of  the  grading  committee  two  dollars  a  day  and  5 
cents  a  mile  each  way  one  trip  for  the  actual  distance  traveled 
and  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  their  work.  In  esti- 
mating a  day,  ten  hours  actual  service  shall  be  counted  a  day, 
and  not  more  than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  comple- 
tion of  the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  examination. 
The  grading  committee  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  cre- 
ated by  the  examination  fees  and  the  balance  of  said  fund 
shall  be  kept  by  the  County  Board  and  be  applied  to  em- 
ploying lecturers  and  to  defraying  the  expenses  of  Teachers' 
Institutes  in  the  county. 

66.  All  examination  questions  and  answers  prepared  by  the 
applicant  for  certificates  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Superintendent  and  properly  preserved  for  at  least 
one  year;  and  in  case  any  candidate  is  dissatisfied  with  the 
grading  of  his  or  her  papers,  he  or  she  may  authorize  the 
County  Superintendent  to  have  his  or  her  answers,  with  the 
questions,  published  in  any  newspaper  the  examinee  may 
designate. 

PENALTY  FOR  VIOLATING  PROVISIONS  OF  CHAPTP:R  4192, 
RELATING  TO  HOLDING  EXAMINATIONS  AND  ISSUING 
CERTIFICATES. 

67.  Any  superintendent,  county  or  State,  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  upon  conviction  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and 
shall  be  debarred  from  holding  any  school  office  in  this 
State. 

DUTIES  OF  TEACHERS. 

68.  Every  teacher  is  directed — 

I.  To  labor  faithfully  and  earnestly  for  the  advancement  of 
the  pupils  in  their  studies,  deportment  and  morals,  and  to  em- 
Ibrace  every  opportunity  to  inculcate,  by  precept  and  example, 
the  principles  of  truth,  honesty,  patriotism,  and  the  practice  of 
■every  Christian  virtue. 

II.  To  require  the  pupils  to  observe  personal  cleanliness, 
neatness,  order,  promptness  and  gentility  of  manners,  to 
avoid  vulgarity  and  profanity,  and  to  cultivate  in  them  habits 
•of  industry  and  economy,  a  regard  for  the  rights  and 
feelings  of  others,  and  their  own  responsibilities  and  duties  as 
citizens. 

III.  To  see  that  the  school-house,  and  all  things  pertaining 
thereto,  a.  e  not  unnecessarilv    defaced  or  injured. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  25 

IV.  To  enforce  needful  restrictions  upon  the  conduct  of  1893. 
the  pupils  in  or  near  tlie  school  house  or  grounds,  avoiding  at  to  enforce 
all  times  unnecessary  severity  and  measures  of  punishment  dJscipiine. 
that  are  degrading  in  their  tendency. 

V.  To   suspend  pupils  from   school  for  ten  dayy  for  gross 

immorality,  misconduct  or    persistent   violations  of   the  regu-  '^^  suspend 
,    .  y.      .  ,.  '.  ,  ,.    *=  -  pupils, 

lations,  giving  immediate  notice  to  the  parents  or  guardian  of 

the  pupil,  and  to  the  school  supervisor,  of   the  suspension  and 

the  cause  of  it. 

VI.  To  hold  a  public  examination  at  the  close  of  each  school   To  hold  exam- 
term,  either  oral  or  written.  inations. 

VII.  To  deliver  up  the  keys  and  all  school  property  to  the   To  conform  to 
Supervisor    on    closing    or     suspending      the      school,    and   ^^^^  ^tion?. 
in  all  things    to    conform  to   the  regulations  of    the    depart- 
ment. 

69.  Xo  teacher,  while    actualh'  engaged  in  his    profession.   Exemptions, 
shall  be  liable  to  military  or  jury  duty.  ^^•'  ^^^  2^- 

SCHOOL  YEAR,  SCHOOL  TERM,  ETC. 

70.  Beginning  with  July  1st,    A.    D.   1893,  the  school  year 

for  all  public  schools  shall    begin   on  the  first  day  of  July  and   Fixing  school 
end  with  the  last  day  of   the  following  June;  and  all   reports,   sec'^i.  Chap, 
financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  Department  shall  embrace  |^^'*^"°®^' 
such  business  and  matters  only  as  take  place  within  the  limits 
•of  the  school  year  thus  defined. 

71.  The  time  for  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  for  each 

county  shall  be  determined  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  In-   ^chJ)oiT^"'°* 
struction;  Provided,  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as  to  close   lb.,  Sec.  2. 
before  the  last  day  of  June. 

72.  No  school  in  any  county  shall  begin  before  July  first  of 

"the  school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs   and  for  juiV^fst?^ 
which  the  apportionment  was  made.  lb..  Sec.  4. 

73.  I.  A  school  day  shall  comprise  not   less  than  five  (5)   ^ 

and  not  moie  than  six  (6)  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses.  The  chap.  4195,  * 
time  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  each  J^ne^'l'*^:^ 
county. 

II.  A  scliool  month  contains  twenty  days,  exclusive  of    the   Xtnth. 
-first  and  last  days  of  the  week. 

III.  A  school  term  contains  four  school  months.  Term. 

IV.  The  scliool  vear  co  it:  ins  two  terms.  Year. 


26 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


Holidays. 
Kev.  Stat., 
Sec.  256. 

Lost  time. 
lb.,  Sec.  257. 


When  count 
tort  eits . 
Rev.  Stat., 
Sec.  359. 


1893.  74.  All  recognized  State  or  national  holidays  are  school  holi- 

days.  * 

75.  Lost  time  may  be  made  up  by  a  teacher  at  the  discretion 
of  the  School  Supervisor,  when  no  conflict  would  be  occa- 
sioned v/ith  the  arrangements  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

FORFEITURE  OF  SCHOOL  MONEYS. 

76.  Any  county  or  school  district  neglecting  to  establish  and 
maintain  such  school  or  schools  as  the  available  funds  will 
support,  shall  forfeit  its  proportion  of  the  common  school  fund 
during  such  neglect,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited; 
shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  counties  at  the  next 
annual  apportionment. 

77.  Any  public  school  in  the  county  failing  to  complete  its. 
forf^^ts  ^*^^^°^  public  term  before  the  terminus  of  the  school  year,  shall  for- 
Sec.3,  Chap,  feit  the  proportion  of  its  financial  apportionment  not  used  by 
]898'.   ^^^^'       neglecting  or  failing  to  maintain  a    school  for  the  lull  term  of 

school  in  that  county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  forfeited 
shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  the  county 
at  the  next  annual  apportionment. 

ATTENDANCE  FROM  ADJOINING  COUNTIES. 

78.  When  it  is  more  convenient  for  youth  residing  in  one 
When  permit-    county  to  attend  school  in  an  adjoining  county,  they    may  do 

so  by  the  concurrence  of  the  Superintendents  of  Public  In- 
struction of  the  two  counties.  The  j^roportion  of  school  money 
for  each  youth  shall  be  transferred  by  requisition  of  the 
County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  county  in 
which  the  youth  resides,  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  school 
funds  of  that  county  to  the  Treasui'fer  of  the  school  funds  of 
the  county  in  which  the  school  is  located. 

DUTIES  OF  CERTAIN   OFFICERS. 


Transferring 
funds. 
Rev.  Stat., 
Sec.  258. 


State  Treas- 
urer. 

Rev.  Stat., 
Sec.  263. 


79.  The  Treasurer  of  the  (State)  Board  of  Education  sliall 
keep  an  account  with  the  several  counties,  in  which  he  shall 
credit  each  county  with  its  proportion  of  the  income  of  the 
common  school  fund,  and  of  the  fund  raised  by  the  one  mill 
tax  authorized  by  the  Constitution,  and  shall  charge  each  with 
the  amounts  receipted  for  by  the  Treasurers  of  the  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction. 

*NOTE— The  legal  holidays  are:  First  day  of  the  week,  Sunday;  first  day  of 
January,  New  Year's  Day;  twenty-second  day  of  February,  Washington's 
Birth  Day;  June  third.  Birth  Day  of  Jefferson  Davis;  July  fourth.  Independ- 
ence Day;  first  Monday  in  September,  Labor  Day;  General  Election  Day;. 
Thanksjriving  Day.  and  twenty-fifth  of  December.  Christmas  Day.- Fide  Re- 
vised Statutes,  Section  2315,  and  Chapters  4058  and  4198,  Laws  of  Florida. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  27 

80.  The  several  Tax  Collectors   shall  receive  only  the  c«ir-         1893. 
rent  funds  of  the  L^nited  States  in  payment  for  all  school  taxes;  Tax  Collector. 
Promded^  Orders  issued  by  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc-  |b.,  See  263.  ,, 
tion  shall  be    receivable  in  the  county    where  such  orders  are  4115. 
issued,  for  county  school  taxes. 

81.  Every    officer    having  moneys  which  by  law  go  to  the 

State  school   fund  shall  pay  the  same  to  the   State  Treasurer,   Other  officers. 
and    every    officer   having   moneys  which  by   law  go  to  the       ■•   ^^'  '*** 
county  school  fund    shall  pay  the  same  to  the  County  Treas- 
urer. 

ARBITRATION. 

82.  All  matters  of    difference  which    may    arise  between 

school  officers  and  teachers,  or  other  persons,  under  the  oper-  SlS^be^ttied 

ations  of   this  act,  shall   be  submitted  to  the  decision  of  arbi-  by. 

trators.     The  proceedings   and  powers  of  arbitrators  sliall  be  See. '265. 
as  provided  by  law  for  other  arbitrations. 

PENALTIES. 

83.  Whoever  imports,  prints,  publishes,  sells  or  distributes 

any  book,  pamphlet,  ballad,  printed  paper  or  other  thing  con-   obscene 
taining  obscene  language,  or  any  obscene  prints,  figures,    pic-  prints  and  lit- 
tures  or  descriptions  manifestly  tending  to  the  corruption  of  the   R"jv.  stat.. 
morals  of   youth,  or  introduces  into  any     *     *     *     school  or   Abbr.*'~*^' 
place  of  education,  or  buys,   procures,    receives,  or  has  in  his 
possession    any   such  book,  pamphlet,  ballad,  printed  paper  or 
other  thing,  either  for  the    purpose  of  sale,  exhibition,  loan  or 
circulation,  or  with  the  intent  to  introduce  the  same  into  any  =* 
*         *     school,  or  place  of   education,  shall    be  punished  by 
imprisonment   in  the  State  prison  not  exceeding  five  years,  or 
in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding  one  year,  or    by  fine   not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars. 

84.  W^hoever    willfully   cuts,    paints,  pastes  or  defaces  by 

writing  or  in  any  other  manner  any  school  building,  furniture,   fch?S°buiid? 
apparatus,  appliance,   outbuilding,  ground,  fence,  tree,  post  or  ings.  ^ 
other      school      property,      with       obscene      word,     image  ^^'^^-^i* 
or    device,    shall    be    punished    by  imprisonment     not     ex- 
ceeding fifteen  days,  or  by   fine  not  exceeding     one  hundred 
dollars.     This  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  pupil  in  and  sub- 
ject to  the  discipline  of  the  school. 

85.  Whoever,  within  the  school-house  or  grounds,  upbraids 

or  insults  any  teacher  in  the  presence    of   the  pupils,  shall  be  SiVh?"***"' 
punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  fifteen  days,  or  by  ib.,Secl2623. 
fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars.     This  section  shall  not 
apply  to  any   pupil  in    and    subject  to   the  discipline  of  the 
school. 


28 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


For  injuring 
school  houses. 
Abbr.  Sec. 
2531,  Rev.  Stat. 


School  officers 
not  to  be  in- 
terested in 
sale.  »&c.,  of 
text-books. 


Debarred 
from  holding 
office. 
Eev.  Stat., 
Sec.  366. 


Penalty 
lb.,  2736. 


Disturbing 
school. 
Abbr.  Sec. 
629,  Rev.  Stat. 


Beneficiarj' 
scholar. 
R.S.,Sec    311. 


Board  of  vis- 
itors. 


86.  Whoever  willfully  and  maliciously,  or  wantonly  and 
without  cause,  destroys,  defaces,  mars  or  injures  *  *  *  * 
*  *  any  school-house,  *  *  *  or  other  building  erected 
or  used  for  the  purpose  of  education  or  for  the  general  diffu- 
sion of  knowledge,  or  any  of  the  outbuildings,  fences,  walls, 
or  appurtenances  of  such  school-house,  *  *  *  or  other 
building,  or  any  furniture,  apparatus  or  other  property  belong- 
ing to  or  connected  with  such  school-house,  *  *  *  or 
other  building,  shall  be  punished  b}^  imprisonment  not  exceed- 
ing one  year,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars. 

87.  No  superintendent  or  school  board  of  any  county,  or 
any  person  officially  connected  with  the  government  or  direc- 
tion of  the  public  schools,  or  teacher  thereof,  shall  receive  any 
private  fee,  gratuity,  donation  or  compensation,  in  any  manner 
whatsoever,  for  promoting  the  sale  or  the  exchange  of  any 
school  book,  map  or  chart  in  any  public  school,  or  be  an  agent 
for  the  sale,  or  the  publisher  of  any  school  text-book,  or  be  di- 
rectly or  indirectly  pecuniarily  interested  in  the  introduction 
of  any  such  text-book ;  and  any  such  agency  or  inter<  st  shall 
disqualify  any  person  so  acting  or  interested  from  holding  any 
school  office  whatsoever,  and  shall  be  deemed  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  the  party  so  offending  shall  be  fined  in  a 
sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  less  than 
thirty  days. 

88.  Any  superintendent  or  school  board  of  any  county,  or 
any  person  officially  connected  with  the  government  or  direc- 
tion of  a  public  school,  or  teacher  thereof,  who  violates  the 
provisions  of  Section  [87]  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  thirty  days  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dol- 
lars. 

89.  Whoever  willfully  interrupts  or  disturbs  any  school 
*  *  *  *  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
thirty  days,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

EAST  AND  WEST  FLORIDA  SEMINARIES. 

90.  Each  county  in  this  State  east  or  west  of  the  Suwannee 
river  shall  be  entitled  to  send  to  said  seminary  in  the  division 
in  which  such  county  is  located,  as  many  scholar.>  or  beneficia- 
ries as  it  may  have  representatives  in  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives of  Florida,  who  shall  receive  all  the  benefits  of  instruc- 
tion of  said  seminary  free  of  all  charge. 

91.  At  least  once  in  each  year  each  seminary  shall  V)e  visited 
by  three  suitable  persons — not  members  of  the  board  or  sem- 
inary— to  be  appointed  by  the  board,  who  shall  examine  thor- 
oughly into    the  affairs    of    the  seminary,  and  report  to  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


29 


State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  their  views  with 
regard  to  its  condition,  success  and  usefulness,  and  any  other 
matters  they  may  judge  expedient.  Such  visitors  shall  be  ap- 
pointed annually. 

92.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  State  Superintendent  to  visit 
each  seminary  at  least  once  in  each  year,  and  he  shall  annu- 
ally make  to  the  Governor,  to  be  by  him  laid  before  the  Leg- 
islature at  each  regular  session  thereof,  a  full  and  detailed  re- 
port of  the  doings  of  the  respective  Boards  of  Education,  and. 
of  all  their  exj/enditures,  and  the  moneys  received  for  tuition, 
and  the  prospects,  progress  and  usefulness  of  said  seminaries, 
including  so  much  of  the  report  of  said  visitors  as  he  may 
deem  advisable. 


1S93. 


Shall  report  to 
State  Superin- 
tendent of 
Public  In- 
struction, 
lb.,  Sec.  312. 


State  Superin- 
tendent  shall 
visit  Semina- 
ries. 

Shall  report, 
lb..  Sec.  333. 


FLORIDA   NORMAL 


SCHOOL    AND 
STITUTE. 


BUSINESS    IN^ 


One  white  student,  male    or   female,   from 

State  shall   be  admitted  gt^^ents  ad- 
Literary  and    mitted  fiee  of 


of     the 


93.     *     * 
each     Senatorial  District     in     the 
to  all     the     rights     and     privileges 

Classical  Departments  of  the   *     *     *  Florida  Normal  School  Abbr.^sec.  2, 
and  Business   Institute,    free  of   tuition;  Prorlded.,  That  ap-   ^a%n& 
pointments  to  scholarships  to  the  Florida  Normal  School  and 
Business   Institute  shall  be  made  by  Senators  of  the  various 
Senatorial  Districts  of  the  State  of  Florida. 


AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

94.  Each  county  shall  be  entitled  to  send  annually,  or  so 
often  as  vacancies  may  occur,  one  student  for  each  member  of 
the  Assembly  from  that  county;  such  student  shall  be  selected 
by  the  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  of  the  several  counties 
from  among  the  most  advanced  pupils  in  the  common  and 
higher  schools  therein  who  may  present  themselves  as  candi- 
dates. Each  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  shall  annually, 
or  as  often  as  vacancies  occur  which  should  be  filled  by  the 
county,  giA  e  early  notice  of  such  vacancy,  and  of  the  time 
and  place  of  meeting  for  the  examination  of  the  candi- 
dates. The  County  Board  shall  then  and  there,  by  themselves, 
or  with  the  assistance  of  such  persons  as  they  may  appoint, 
examine  said  candidates,  and  select  those  best  qualified  as  to 
scholastic  attainments,  good  health  and  upright  moral  charac- 
ter, and  furnish  them  with  certificates  of  selection  for  admis- 
sion, subject  to  the  re-examination  and  approval  of  the  faculty 
of  the  college.  In  case  any  Board  of  Instruction  fails  to  at- 
tend to  the  above  duty,  then  pupils  holding  high  rank  in  their 


Ench  county 
entitled  to  one 
student  for 
each  member 
ot  the 
bjy. 


Selected  by 
the  County 
Board  ot  Pub- 
lic Instructioa 
by  examina- 
tion. 


so 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


May  make  ap' 
plication  to 
the  Facultj'. 
Abbr.  Kev. 
Stat., Sec.  294. 


Senators  &hall 
nominate  one 
student, 
lb.,  Sec.  295. 


Trustees  shall 
leport  to  Su- 
perintendent 
of  Public  In- 
struction, 
lb..  Sec  297. 


schools  in  that  county  may  make  application  in  person  to  the 
faculty  of  the  college  and  be  examiDed  and  admitted  on  the 
same  terms  as  they  would  have  been  had  they  passed  a  pre- 
liminary examination  before  the  Board  of  Instruction  of  their 
county.  But  in  case  such  vacancies  remained  untiUed,  students 
may  be  selected  from  the  State  at  large  by  the  faculty. 

95.  Each  Senator,  during  his  term  of  office,  shall  be  em- 
powered to  nominate  one  student,  who  shall  be  a  resident  of 
his  Senatorial  District,  to  said  State  Agricultural  College,  who 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  full  course  of  in- 
struction at  said  college  without  any  charge  for  tuition,  sub- 
ject to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  established  for 
the  government  and  direction  of  said  college. 

96.  The  trustees  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  Public  Instruction  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
October,  to  be  by  him  printed  with  his  report  and  laid  before 
the  Legislature  at  the  beginning  of  each  regular  session.  Such 
report  shall  give  a  full  exposition  of  the  financial  condition  of 
the  corporation,  the  progress  and  improvements  made,  the  na- 
ture, cost  and  results  of  experiments,  and  such  other  matters, 
including  State  industrial  and  economical  statistics,  as  may  be 
supposed  useful;  one  copy  of  which  the  Superintendent  shall 
transmit  by  mail  to  each  of  the  other  colleges  which  were  en- 
dowed under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  of  July  2, 
1862;  also  a  copy  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  and  one  to 
each  house  of  Congress. 


RPPEHDIX. 


SESSION    LAWS    OF    1893 


Chapter  4192. 


AN  ACT  to  Prescribe  Rules  and  Regulations  for  Licensing  Teachers; 
to  Provide  for  Uniform  Examinations;  to  Secure  Fairness  in  Ex- 
aminations and  in  Issuing  Teachers'  Certificates,  and  for  Other 
Purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Sectiox  1.  No   person    shall  be  permitted  to  teach  in   the   who  to  teach 
public  schools  of   the    State    who    does  not   hold  a  teachers'   schools, 
certificate,  granted   in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of   this 
Act. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  five  grades    of    certificates  issued  as 
herein     specified,    and    named    respectively,    to-wit:     Third  ^ow^raded. 
grade,  second  grade,  first  grade,  State,  and  life,  certificates. 

Sec.  3.  No  certificate,  except  life  certificates,  shall  be  issued 
except  on  written  examination,  or  written  and  oral  examina- 
tions, as  provided  in  this  Act. 

Sec.  4.  Any  applicant  for  a  certificate  of  any  grade,  before 
being  eligible  for  examination,  shall  present  to  the  examiner  a  ooodoharac- 
written    endorsement     of     good     moral    character    from    a  ter. 
responsible   person,    and    shall    pay    an  examination    fee  of 
one  dollar,    which   fund  shall  be  applied  as    hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

Sec.  5.  An   applicant  for  a  third  grade  certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  orthography,   reading,  arithmetic,  Englisn  gram-   Qualifications 
mar,  composition,  penmanship.  United  States  history,  geogra-   GradeCertm- 
phy,  physiology,  and  theory  and  practice  of  teaching,  and  must   oates. 
make  an  average  grade  on  the  above  named  branches  of    sixty 
(60)  per  cent.,  with  a  grade  in  no  branch  below  forty  (40)  per 
cent.     The   examination    in   reading    shall  be  both  oral  and 
written.     A  third  grade  certificate  shall  be  good  for  the  period 
of   one  year  from  date   of  issue,  and   no  person  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  teach  longer  than  one  year  under  a  third  grade   cer- 
tificate. 


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SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


For  Second 
Grade. 


For  First 
Grade. 


State  Certifi- 
cates, how 
issued. 


Average 
Grade 


Life  Certifi- 
cates, who  en- 
titled to. 


Mod  ?of  exam- 
ination. 


Sec.  6.  A  second  grade  certificate  shall  be  issued  en  exam- 
ination in  the  branches  as  prescribed  for  a  third  grade  certifi- 
cate. An  average  grade  of  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent.,  shall 
be  required,  with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  fifty  (50)  per- 
cent., which  certificate  shall  be  good  two  years  from  date  of 
issue.  No  teacher  shall  be  granted  more  than  two  second 
grade  certificates. 

Sec.  7.  An  applicant  for  a  first  grade  certificate  shall  be 
examined  in  civil  government,  book-keeping,  algebra,  and 
physical  geography,  in  addition  to  the  branches  required  for  a 
third  grade  certificate.  An  applicant  for  a  first  grade  certifi- 
cate must  make  an  average  grade  of  eighty  (80)  per  cent.,  and 
shall  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (60)  per  cent.  A  first 
grade  certificate  shall  be  good  for  three  years  from  date  of  its 
issue. 

Sec.  8.  A  State  certificate  shall  be  issued  only  by  the  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  to  persons  holding  a 
first  grade  certificate  and  who  have  taught  at  least  twenty- 
four  (24)  months  (eight  months  of  which  must  have  been 
taught  in  this  State  successfully  under  a  first  grade  certifi- 
cate). The  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  issue- 
no  State  certificate,  except  on  written  examination  in  the 
following  branches  in  addition  to  those  required  for  a  first 
grade  certificate  :  Geometry,  trigonometry,  physics,  zoology, 
botany,  latin,  rhetoric,  English  literature,  mental  science  and 
general  history.  A  candidate  for  State  Certificate  must  make 
an  average  grade  on  the  prescribed  branches  of  eighty-five 
(85)  per  cent.,  with  the  grade  in  no  branch  below  sixty  (60) 
per  cent.  A  State  certificate  shall  be  good  for  five  years  from 
date  of  issue. 

Sec.  9.  Any  teacher  holding  a  State  certificate  issued  under 
this  Act,  and  who  has  taught  successfully  in  a  high  school  in 
this  State  for  the  period  of  thirty  (30)  months,  may  be  granted  • 
a  life  certificate  by  the  State  Superintendent,  without  further 
examination,  if  endorsed  by  three  persons  holding  State  cer- 
tificates as  possessing  eminent  teaching  ability  and  as  having 
been  eminently  successful  in  governing  and  conducting  a 
school.  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  the  State  Superin- 
tendent from  sjranting  special  life  certificates  to  eminently 
successful  kindergarten  or  primary  teachers,  who  have  taught 
three  years  in  this  State,  good  only  in  that  department  of 
schools. 

Sec.  10.  Candidates  for  third,  second,  or  first  grade  certifi- 
cates shall  be  examined  by  the  County  Superintendent  of 
Public  Insti'uction  on  questions  prepared  in  all  cases  by  the 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


3.T 


State  Sni>eiiiitendent  of  Public  Instruction.  Tlae  questions 
shall  be  sent  sealed  to  the  County  Superintendents  of  the 
various  counties,  which  seals  shall  not  be  broken  until  the 
morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  questions  for  that  day  are 
to  be  used,  and  then  only  in  the  presence  of  the  persons  as- 
sembled for  examination.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
be  found  guilty  of  securing  or  attempting  to  secure  the  pre- 
pared questions,  or  who  shall  furnish  the  prepared  questions 
to  any  teacher  or  other  person  in  any  other  way  than  pre- 
scribed b}^  this  Act,  shall  be  debarred  from  teaching  a  school 
or  from  holding  any  school  office  in  this  State.  The  candidates 
for  certificates  shall  ask  no  questions,  nor  receive  assistance 
from  any  source  during  the  examination.  In  case  any  exami- 
nee may  be  in  doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  any  question,  he  or 
she  may  state  in  writing  the  point  in  doubt  and  answer  ac- 
cordingly, which  answer  shall  receive  due  consideration  in 
grading  the  papers. 

Sec.  11.  AW  exaniination  papers  shall  be  prepared  in  the 
presence  of  the  County  Superintendent  or  his  appointed  as- 
sistant, who  shall  collect  the  questions  and  answers  on  each 
branch  as  completed,  and  said  exammer  shall  accept  no  paper 
of  any  examinee  containing  a  name  or  mark  which  would  in- 
dicate to  any  other  than  the  examiner  its  author.  Said  ex- 
aminer shall  himself,  on  collecting  each  paper,  designate  it  by 
a  number  known  only  to  himself,  and  shall  keep  a  record  by 
number  and  by  name  of  the  author  of  each  examination  pa- 
per. Every  examinee  shall  complete  and  hand  in  the  answers 
on  each  branch  before  the  questions  on  any  other  branch  shall 
be  given  out.  When  every  examinee  has  completed  all  the 
branches,  the  examiner  shall  arrange  and  bundle  together  all 
the  papers  of  each  examinee  and  shall  deliver  the  whole  to  a 
grading  committee. 

Sec.  12.  The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  prior  to 
any  authorized  examination,  shall  appoint  three  teachers  hold- 
ing the  highest  grade  certificates  among  the  teachers  of  the 
county  as  a  grading  committee ;  said  committee  shall,  imme- 
diately after  the  close  of  any  examination,  carefully  examine 
and  grade,  agreeably  to  instructions  sent  out  by  the  State 
Superintendent,  each  paper  turned  over  to  it  by  the  County 
Superintendent.  When  the  said  committee  shall  have  com- 
pleted its  work  it  shall  deliver  back  to  the  County  Superin- 
tendent all  papers  turned  over  to  it  with  a  gradation  sheet, 
showing  the  grade  of  each  examinee  in  each  branch  upon 
which   he  or  she   was  examined,   also  the  average  grade  and 


1893. 


W^ho  to  pre- 
pare examina- 
tion papers. 


Grading  Com- 
mittee. 


Duties  of  such 
Committee. 


"54  SCHOOL  LAWS. 

^^^3.  rank  of  each  examinee.  The  County  Superintendent  shall 
then,  for  the  first  time,  make  known  to  the  grading  commit- 
tee the  name  corresponding  to  the  number  of  any  examinee, 
and  shall  then  in  ihe  presence  of  said  committee  present 
his  list  and  write  on  said  gradation  sheet  the  name  of  every 
examinee  after  his  or  her  proper  number.  The  said  grad- 
ing committee  f-hall  retain  one  copy  of  said  gradation  sheet 
^nd  shall  file  one  with  the  County  Superintendent,  who  shall 
issue  certificates  to  the  examinees  making  averages  according 
to  the  provisions  of  Sections  5,  6  and  7  of  this  Act,  and  to  no 
others. 

Sec.  13.  All  examination  questions  and  answers  prepared 
Where  exami-  %  ^be  applicant  for  certificates  shall  be  filed  in  the  oflice  of 
to be^ied^^'^  the  County  Superintendent  and  properly  preserved  for  at  least 
one  year,  and  in  case  any  candidate  is  aissatisfied  with  the 
-grading  of  his  or  her  papers,  he  or  she  may  authorize  the 
•County  Superintendent  to  have  his  or  her  answers,  with  the 
questions,  published  in  any  newspaper  the  examinee  may 
designate. 

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of   the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
To  keep  secret   lie  Instruction,  before  every  public  examination,  to  appoint  a 
Committee.       grading    committee,  and    to    keep  secret   the   names  of   per- 
sons   comprising    said    committee    until    its    work   is    per- 
formed. 

Sec.  15.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  County  Board   to    pay 
the  members  of  the  grading  committee  two  dollars  a  day  and 
^ees.  5  cents  a  mile  each  way  one  trip  for  the  actual  distance  trav- 

eled and  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  their  w^ork.  In  es- 
timating a  day,  ten  hours  actual  service  shall  be  counted  a  day, 
and  not  more  than  five  days  shall  be  allowed  for  the  comple- 
tion of  the  grading  of  all  the  papers  after  any  examination. 
The  grading  committee  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  fund  created 
by  the  examination  fees  and  the  balance  of  said  fund  shall  be 
kept  by  the  County  Board  and  be  applied  to  employing  lec- 
turers and  to  defraying  the  expenses  of  Teachers'  Institutes  in 
the  county. 

lExtent  of  Cer-        Sec.  16.  Third  and  second  grade  certificates  shall  be  good 
only  in  the  county  in  which  they  are  issued. 

Sec.  17.  Any  first  grade  certificate  may  be  endorsed  by  the 
Tiret  Grade       County  Superintendent  of  any  county  in    the  State,  and   then 
Se^endo^rSi^  will   become   good   for   its   unexpired    time   in  the  county  in 
which  it  is  endorsed    as  well  as  in  the  one  in  which  it  was  is- 
sued.    State  and  life   certificates  granted  in  accordance  with 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


35 


1893. 


Revocation  of 
Certificate. 


Two  examina- 
tioos. 


this  Act  shall  be  good  throughout  the  State  for  the  periods  for 
which  they  are  granted. 

Sec.  18.  a  certificate  of  any  grade  may  be  revoked  by  the 
.authority  issuing  it,  when  the  holder  proves  to  be  unsuccess- 
ful, incompetent,  or  is  proven  guilty  of  any  gross  immorality. 
A  first  grade  certificate  may  be  revoked  for  any  of  the  above 
reasons  by  a  County  Superintendent  endorsing  it. 

Sec.  19.  There  shall  be  held  two  examinations  a  year  in 
each  county  in  th6  State,  beginning  on  Tuesday  after  the 
first  Monday  in  May  and  September,  and  each  may  con- 
tinue one  or  more  days  at  the  discretion  of  the  examiner  and 
.a  vote  of  the  examinees;  Provided^  That  only  one  exami- 
nation may  be  held  in  any  county,  if  two  be  found  unneces- 
.sary. 

Sec.  20.  The  State  Superintendent,  for  sufficient  cause,  may 
order  examinations  held  on  days  other  than  those  prescribed 
by  Section  19  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  21.  Any   Superintendent,    county  or    State,   violating 
the   provisions   of   this  Act,  upon  conviction    shall  be   fined    Penaitr- 
not  less  than    fifty    nor    more    than    one    hundred    dollars, 
and  shall  be  debarred  from  holding  any  school   oflice   in   this 
State. 


When  to  be 
held. 


Sec.  22.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  23.  This  Act    shall    take    effect    after   January  1st, 
1894. 
Approved  June  8,  1893. 


Repeal . 


Chapter  4193. 


AN  ACT  to  Provide  for  the  Election  of  Members  of  County  Boards 
of  Public  Instruction,  and  to  Fix  their  Compensation. 

JBe  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  at  the  next  general  election,  and  every 
two  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  in  each  county  m 
this  State  a  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  hereinafter 
mentioned  as  the  County  School  Board,  consisting  of  three 
members,  whose  terms  of  office  shall  begin  the  first  Tuesday 
after  the  first  Monday  in  January  after  such  election,  and  ter- 
minate upon  the  qualification  of  their  successors  two  yeari 
thereafter. 


Election  of 
County  School 
Boards. 


36 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


Duties  of 
County 
Boards  of 
Public  lu- 
structicn 


Boundaries  of 
Districts. 


Election  by 
School  Dis- 
tricts. 


Filling  vacan- 
cies. 


Fees. 


Eepej  1. 


Sec.  2.  At  the  first  meeting  in  July,  1894,  the  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction  in  each  county  shall  divide  their 
respective  counties  into  three  county  school  board  districts  so 
as  to  place  in  each  district,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  the  same 
number  of  qualified  voters,  the  lines  of  said  districts  being  so 
drawn  as  to  place  each  election  district  wholly  within  one  or 
another  of  said  county  school  board  districts ;  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  County  School  Board  shall  file  in  the  office  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  such  county  a  certificate  of 
their  said  action,  containing  a  description  of  the  boundaries 
of  said  districts,  and  naming  the  election  districts  comprising 
each  county  school  board  district,  which  certificate  shall  be 
published  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  or  if  there 
be  no  newspaper  published  in  the  county,  then  by  posting  at 
the  county  couj't  house  door  for  four  weeks  thereafter.  The 
County  School  Board  may  thereafter  change  the  boundaries  of 
any  such  districts  at  a  meeting  in  July  of  the  year  of  a  gen- 
eral election,  but  such  change  shall  be  certified  in  the  Clerk's 
office  and  published  as  required  fcr  fixing  such  districts  in  the 
first  instance. 

Sec.  3.  The  members  of  the  County  School  Board  shall  be 
elected  one  from  each  county  school  board  district  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  such  district. 

Sec.  4.  All  vacancies  on  said  Board  shall  be  filled  for  tne 
unexpired  term  bj^  appointment  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion on  the  nomination  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Sec.  5.  The  members  of  the  County  School  Board  shall  be 
paid  from  the  county  school  fund  for  their  services,  two  dol- 
lars per  day  for  each  day's  service,  and  not  exceeding  five 
cents  per  mile  for  traveling  expenses.  All  traveling  expenses, 
before  being  paid,  shall  be  itemized  and  approved  by  the 
Board. 

Sec.  6.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  con  diet  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed  in  so  far  as  th?y  conflict  with  this  Act. 

Approved  June  2,  18©3. 


SCHOOL  LAWS.  37 

Chapter  4194.  1893. 


AN  ACT  to  Pro  vid' for  School  Sub-Districts  in  Counties  and  Towns 
and  to  Provide  for  the  Levying  and  Collection  of  Taxes  for  the 
{Support  of  Scliools  in  such  Sub-Di-tricts. 

JSe  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida : 

Section  1.  That  an  election  may  be  held  under  the  order 
and   direction    of  the    Board    of    Public   Instruction    of    any   Election  to 
■county,  if  they  shall  deem  it  advisable,  in  any  election  district,   lubMifs^riSL 
or  incorporated  city  or  town  of  such  county,  upon  the  petition 
of  one-fourth  of  the   registered  and  qualified  voters  thereof, 
who   are  taxpayers  on  real  or    personal  property   therein,  and 
have  paid  all  taxes  due  by  them  for  two  years  next  preceding 
the  presentation  of  such  petition,  to   determine  whether  such 
election    district,  city  or   town,  shall  be  a  school  sub-district. 
Any  such  election  shall  be  held,  and  the  result  ascertained  and 
■declared  as  nearly  as  practicable  in  the  >ame  manner  as  is  pro- 
vided by   law  for  the  holding  of  elections  concerning   Article 
XIX  of  the  Constitution,  substituting  the  Board  of  Public  In 
struction   for  the    County   Commissioners.     It  shall   require  a   Morieofeiec- 
raajority  of  the  votes  of  those  voting   at  any  such  election  to  *''°"* 
determine  any  matter  in   the  affirmative.     If  such   sub-district 
is  created,  three  school  trustees    shall  be  elected  therein,  upon 
a  day  to  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Public    Instruction,  and  on 
the  same  day  biennially  thereafter. 

Sec.  2.  All  voters  in   such  election  for  sub-districts  or  trus-  Qualifications 
tees  shall  have  the    qualifications    specified  in    section  one  for  *^'"  voter?, 
petitioners  for  elections  to  establish  sub-districts. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  these  trustees,  on  or  before 
the  last  Monday  in  June  of  each  year,  to  prepare  an  itemized 
estimate,  showing  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  nec- 
essary common  school  purposes  of  their  sub-district,  for  the 
next  ensumg  scholastic  year;  stating  the  rate  of  millage  to  be  ^^[  ^^  '^'"^' 
assessed  and  collected  upon  the  taxable  property  of  their  sub- 
district  to  cover  such  amount,  not  to  exceed  three  mills  on 
the  dollar.  A  copy  of  the  itemized  estimate  herein  provided 
for  shall  be  filed  with  the  CLrk  of  the  Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners, which  Board  shall  direct  the  Assessor  of  Taxes  to 
assess,  and  the  Collector  to  collect  the  amount  so  stated. 
Moneys  collected  under  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  be  paid 
•over  to  the  trustees  of  the  sub-districts  in  which  the  tax  is 
levied. 

Sec.  4.  These  truttees  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Further  du- 
Board  of  Public  Instruction,  supervise  each  school  in  their  Je?s.^^  ^'"^" 
•district  and  see  that  the  teachers  perform  their  work  promptly 


38 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


To  be  corpo- 
rate. 


Powers. 


Mode  of  abol- 
ishing. 


Repeal. 


and  energetically,  and  that  the  general  work,  discipline  andi 
moral  of  the  school  is  satisfactory,  and  report  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  at  their  regular  monthly  meetings. 

Sec.  5.  They  shall  also  be  a  corporation  with  the  usual 
powers  for  the  purpose  of  performing  their  duties. 

Sec.  6.  They  shall  receive  and  hold  the  money  which  may 
be  assessed  and  collected  as  hereinbefore  provided,  as  a  special, 
tax  to  be  disbursed  in  the  district  where  collected  solely  for 
school  purposes,  such  as  building  school-houses,  furnishing, 
the  same,  repairing,  heating  and  cleansing,  and  when  neces- 
sary paying  any  legitimate  deficit  due  the  teachers.  These 
trustees  shall  be  required  to  give  bond  in  twice  the  amount 
raised  by  the  special  tax,  to  be  ap])roved  by  the  County  Board 
of  Public  Instruction,  before  receiving  any  such  money. 

Seg.  7.  Any  sub-district  may  be  abolished  by  like  pro- 
ceedings as  those  above  provided  for  its  establishment. 
The  boundaries  of  such  sub-district  shall  coincide  with  the 
boundaries  of  the  election  district,  excepting  that  if  a  por- 
tion an  of  election  district  being  in  an  incorporated  city  or 
town,  shall  be  included  in  a  sub-district  composed  of  sucb 
city  or  town,  the  remainder  of  such  election  district  not  in- 
cluded in  such  city  or  town,  may  become  a  school  sub-dis- 
trict in  the  same  manner  as  though  it  were  an  entire  election 
district. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this 
Act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  That  this  Act  shall   take  effect   from  and  after  its^ 
passage  and  approval  by  the  Governor. 
Approved  June  2, 1893. 


Chapter  4197. 


Treasurer  and 
hie  bond. 


AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  244,  and  to  Repeal  Section  245  of  Chap- 
ter 1,  under  Title  5,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Florida. 

j5e  it  enacted  hy  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That  Section  244  of  Chapter  1,  under  Title  5, 
of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Florida,  be  and  is  amended  to  read 
as  follows: 

Section  244.  Election  districts  or  communities  conven- 
ient TO  ANY  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  MAY    BE    FORMED    INTO    A  SCHOOL, 

SUB-DISTRICT. — To  determine   whether   a   school    sub-district 
shall   be  formed,  and    solely   for   school    purposes,   in    their 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


39 


1893. 


Manner  of 
election. 


district,  the  special  school  tax  herein  proyided  for,  but  may 
<leRignate  one  of  their  number  to  be  treasurer  of  their  board, 
who  shall  give  a  good  and  sufficient  bond  and  shall  pay  out 
the  funds  of  the  board  only  by  their  order.  The  trustees  shall 
be  a  corporation  with  the  powers  usual  to  the  same,  except 
that  no  board  of  trustees  shall  by  contract  or  otherwise  en- 
cumber the  property  of  their  school  sub-district.  The  said 
board  of  trustees  shall  be  elected  biennially,  and  shall  super- 
vise the  schools  of  their  districts,  and  report  to  the  County  Election  of 
Board  of  Education  at  each  meeting,  condition  of  and  progress  Trustees, 
made  by  the  schools  of  their  districts,  at  least  thirty  days  no- 
tice of  election  held  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  tirst 
have  been  given  by  the  County  Board  of  Education,  any  school 
sub-district  may  be  abolished  in  the  manner  herein  provided 
for  its  formation. 

Sec.  2.  That  Section  245  of  Chapter  1,  under  Title  5,  of 
the  Ue vised  Statutes  of  Florida,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  3.  No  previous  law  shall  be  construed  as  opposing  the 
provisions  of  this  Act,  election  may  be  held,  by  order  and 
under  direction  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  any 
county,  when  on  a  petition  of  one-fourth  of  the  registered 
voters  of  such  district  or  conimunity  who  pay  real  or  personal 
taxes  therein,  they  deem  it  advisable;  ProHded^  The  petition 
shall  fix  and  detine  the  boundary  of  the  district  or  commu-  Petition 
nity  intended  to  be  made  a  sub-school  district.  At  the  elec- 
tion held  to  decide  whether  such  sub-district  shall  be  formed, 
three  school  trustees  shall  be  elected,  to  serve  as  such,  should 
a  majority  of  the  electors,  qualified  as  herein,  as  and  by  general 
statute  provided,  vote  for  and  create  such  sub-district.  The 
object  of  a  school  sub-district,  shall  be  to  promote  the  school 
interest  of  the  district  or  community  when  formed,  by  the 
collection  and  judicious  appropriation  of  a  special  school  tax^ 
which  shall  be  not  less  than  one,  nor  more  than  three  mills, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  trustees  of  the  sub-district,  and  the 
rate  fixed  by  them  shall  be  entered  upon  the  tax  roll  o-f  the 
county,  and  collected  by  the  county  Tax  Collector,  who  shall 
pay  the  same  over  to  the  trustees  of  the  sub-district  from 
whence  collected.     The  trustees  shall  receive  and  disburse. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  approval  by  the 
Governor. 

Approved  June  2,  1893. 

[Note.— This  act  is  printed   exactly  as  enrolled. 
State  Printing.] 


I>iity  <!>f  Tax 
Collector. 


-Contractor  for 


40 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


'What  to-con- 
»titute  a 
school  day. 


Chapter  4195. 

AN  ACT  to  Amend  Section  255  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  and  to  Define  and  Declare  what  Number  of  Hours  shall 
comprise  a  School  Day. 

JBe  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida  : 

Section  1.  That  Section  255,  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State 
of  Florida,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

255.  School  day,  month,  term  and  year. — P'irst.  A 
school  day  shall  comprise  not  less  than  five  (5)  and  not  more 
than  six  (6)  hours,  exclusive  of  recesses.  The  lime  to  be  fixed 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of  each  county.  Second. 
A  school  month  contains  twenty  days,  exclusive  of  the  first 
and  last  days  of  the  week.  Third.  A  school  term  contains 
four  scliool  months.  Fourth.  A  school  year  contains  two 
terms. 

Approved  June  G,  1893. 


Chapter  4196. 


Beginning  of 
school  year. 


Time  of  opea- 
in^  schools. 


Forfeit  of 
«noneys. 


AN  ACT  to  Define  a  School  Year,  and  to  Provide  for  the  Opening 
and  Closing  of  School  Terms. 

J^e  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida: 

Section  1.  That,  bes^inning  with  July  1st,  A.  D.  1893,  the 
school  year  for  all  public  schools  shall  begin  on  the  first  day  of 
July  and  end  with  the  last  day  of  the  following  June ;  and 
that  all  reports,  financial  and  otherwise,  to  the  State  Depart- 
ment shall  embrace  such  business  and  matters  only  as  take 
place  j^ithin  the  limits  of  the  school  year  thus  defined. 

Sec.  2.  The  time  for  the  opening  of  the  public  schools  for 
each  county  shall  be  determined  b^-  the  County  Board  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction ;  Provided^  That  all  schools  must  begin  so  as 
to  close  before  the  last  day  of  June. 

Sec.  3.  Any  public  school  in  the  county  failing  to  complete 
its  public  term  before  the  terminus  of  the  school  year,  shall 
forfeit  the  proportion  of  its  financial  apportionment  not  used 
by  neglecting  or  failing  to  maintain  a  school  for  the  full  term 
of  school  in  that  county,  and  in  that  case  all  moneys  so  for- 
feited shall  be  apportioned  among  the  several  schools  of  the 
county  at  the  next  annual  apportionment. 


SCHOOL  LAWS. 


41 


Sec.  4.  No  school  in  any  county  shall  begin  before  July 
first  of  the  school  year  to  which  that  term  of  school  belongs  and 
for  which  the  apportionment  is  made. 

Sec.  5.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this  Act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  June  2,  1893. 


1893. 


No  school  to 
beg-iu  befoi-e 
July  1st. 


Chapter  4115. 


AN  ACT  for  the  Assessment  and  Collection  of  Revenue. 

Sec.  33.  The  County  Commissioners  shall  determine  the 
amount  to  be  raised  for  all  county  purposes,  and  shall  enter 
upon  their  minutes  the  rate  to  be  levied  for  each  fund  respect- 
ively, and  shall  ascertain  the  aggregate  rate  necessary  to  cover 
all  such  taxes  and  report  the  same  to  the  Assessor,  who  shall 
carry  out  the  full  amount  of  taxes  for  all  county  purposes 
under  one  heading  in  the  assessment  roll  to  be  provided  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  County  Commissioners  shall  notify  the 
Clerk  and  Auditor  of  the  county,  also  the  Treasurer  thereof,  of 
the  amount  to  be  apportioned  to  the  different  accounts  out  of  the 
total  taxes  levied  for  all  purposes,  and  the  County  Treasurer  in 
issuing  receipts  to  the  Collector  shall  state  in  each  of  his  re- 
ceipts, which  shall  be  in  duplicate,  the  amount  apportioned  to 
each  fund  out  of  the  payment  made  to  him  by  the  Collector, 
and  when  any  such  receipts  shall  be  given  to  the  Collector,  by 
the  County  Treasurer,  he  shall  immediately  file  one  of  the 
same  with  the  Clerk  and  Auditor  of  the  county,  who  shall 
credit  the  same  to  the  Collector  with  the  amount  thereof,  and 
shall  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  Collector  a  certificate  setting 
forth  the  payment  in  detail,  as  shown  by  the  Treasurer's  re- 
ceipt. 

Sec.  35.  As  soon  as  the  assessment  roll  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  Collector,  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall  make  out 
and  publish  a  statement  showing  the  amount  of  taxes  charged 
to  the  Collector  to  be  collected  for  the  current  year,  and  the 
apportionment  of  the  same  in  separate  columns  to  the  several 
funds  for  which  such  taxes  have  been  levied,  including  all  poll 
taxes,  and  at  each  monthly  meeting  of  the  County  Commis- 
sioners thereafter,  and  until  the  tax  books  are  closed,  he  shall 
publish  a  statement  giving  each  fund  credit  with  the  amount 
collected  thereon  as  shown  by  the  reports  of  the  Tax  Collector 
in  his  office,  and  when  the  tax  books  are  closed  he  shall  pub- 
lish a  like  statement  showing  the  amounts  specifically  allowed 


County  taxes, 
rate  to  be  de- 
termined . 


To  be  assessed 
under  one 
heading-. 


Auditor  and 
Treasurer  to 
be  notified. 


Duplicate  re- 
ceipts to  be 
issued  by 
Treasurers. 


Clerk  to  issue 
Certificates. 


Clerk  to  pub- 
lish statement 
of  county 
taxes  sepa- 
i-ately  for 
each  Fund 
and  report 
collection 
monthly,  also 
to  publish 
statement 
when  tax 
books  are 
closed. 

When  state- 
ments are  to 
be  posted. 


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SCHOOL  LAWS. 


1893. 


Penalty. 


Duty  of  Cir- 
cuit Judges. 


the  Collector  on  account  of  errors  and  insolvencies,  and  the 
amount  of  each  fund  uncollected.  The  aforesaid  statements- 
shall  be  posted  by  the  Clerk  at  the  court  house  door,  and  pub- 
lished in  a  newspaper,  when  one  is  published  in  the  county, 
and  the  costs  of  publishing  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  Coun- 
ty Commissioners.  Any  Clerk  failing  to  publish  such  state- 
ments, shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Circuit  Court  Judges  to  charge  this  section  to  the 
Grand  Juries  in  their  respective  circuits. 


Resolution  No.  3. 

HOUSE  JOINT   RESOLUTION   Proposing  an  Amendment    to  the 
Constitution  of  th^  btat-e  of  Florida. 


Amendment 
to  Sec.  7,  Art. 
XII,  of  the 
Constitution. 


Apportion- 
ment of 
School  Fund. 


JBe  it  resolved  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Florida  : 

That  the  following  amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  Florida  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  agreed  to,  and 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  State  at  the  gen- 
eral election  in  October,  A.  D.  1894,  for  ratification  or  rejec- 
tion: 

Section  7,  of  Article  12,  of  the  Constitution  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  7.  Provision  shall  be  made  by  law  for  the  appor- 
tionment and  distribution  of  the  interest  on  the  State  School 
Fund  and  all  other  means  provided,  including  the  special  tax,, 
for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  public  frae  schools, 
among  the  several  counties  of  the  State  in  proportion  to  the 
averaaje  attendance  upon  schools  in  the  said  counties  respect- 
ively. 

Approved  June  2,   1893. 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS 

PRESCRIBED  BY  THE 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 

1893. 


Department  of  Public  Instruction,  \ 
Tallahassee,  Dec.  7,  1893.      j 

In  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Sec.  21,  paragraphs  I 

and  VII,  the  following  Regulations,  Instructions  and   Form® 

have  been  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  for  the* 

use  and  guidance  of  school  officers  and  teachers.     (  Vide  Sec. 

3,  par.  I). 


REGULATIONS  AND  INSTRUCTIONS. 


GENERAL. 


Regulation  1.  Persons  to   be  eligible  to  offices  or   posi- 
tions in  this  department  must  possess  substantially  the  follow-  EUgibiity  to 
ing  qualifications:     Must  be  of   good  moral  character,  temper-  *^ 
ate,  upright,  responsible,  competent  and  in  full  sympathy  with 
the  public  educational  system  of  the  State. 

Reg.  2.  All  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  not  at  variance  with  the  Force  of  Rejf- 
Statutes  or  the  Regulations  and  Instructions  of  the  State  Board 
of   Education,  shall  have  the  full  force  and  effect  of  law,  and 
must  be  respected  accordingly. 

Reg.  3.  County  school  officers  and  teachers  shall  in  all  cases 
use  the  blanks,  forms,  registers,  etc.,  prescribed  and  furnished  ^se  of  blanks^ 
by  the  State  Department. 


44 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 


To  be  commis- 
sioned by 
State  Superin- 
tendent. 


1893.  COUNTY  BOARDS  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Reg.  4,  Members  of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction 
must  be  commissioned  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  before  assuming  the  duties  of  the  office.  As  soon 
as  practicable  after  any  general  election,  the  Secretary  of  State 
shall  deposit  with  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
a  certified  copy  of  the  election  of  School  Board  members  in 
each  county,  giving  name.  School  Board  District  and  P.  O. 
address  of  each;  and  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January 
thereafter,  the  State  Superintendent  shall  issue  and  transmit 
commissions  to  said  members  elect. 

Reg.  5.  County  Boards    of   Public   Instruction    shall   hold 
To  hold  reeu-    I'^gular  meetings,    at    least    monthly   during    the    session  of 
lar  meetings,    schools,  when  they  shall  examine   carefully   all   teachers'    re- 
ports, issue  warrants,  hear  the  report  of  the   County  Superin- 
tendent and  transact  other  business. 


When  to  issue 
warrants. 


When  to  con- 
tract with 
teachers. 


Reg.  6.  County  Boards    of  Public 
issue  a  warrant  to  any  teacher  unless 


Instruction  shall    not 
the    monthly  report  of 


To  assign 
teachers. 


When  to  as- 
sign teachers. 


said  teacher,  on  which  the  warrant  is  based,  is  made  out  in 
conformity  with  the  blanks  furnished,  and  in  compliance  with 
the  directions  given  in  the  Teacher's  Register. 

Reg.  7.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  not  con- 
tract with  any  person  to  teach  a  public  school  who  does  not 
hold  a  Teacher's  Certificate  granted  in  accordance  with  the 
law,  unimpaired  by  suspension,  revocation  or  limitation.  Nor 
shall  any  teacher  be  entitled  to  compensation  from  the  public 
school  fund  for  services  rendered  who  has  not  been  employed 
by,  and  has  not  contracted  with,  said  Board. 

Reg.  8.  The  law  makes  it  the  duty  of  County  Boards  of 
Public  Instruction  to  assign  teachers  and  contract  with  the 
same,  nor  are  they  authorized  to  delegate  this  selection  either 
to  Supervisors  or  patrons.  But  the  Supervisor  may  report  to  the 
County  Board,  for  their  information  in  the  appointment  of 
teachers,  the  names  of  those  he  thinks  best  suited  to  the  re- 
quirements of  the  school  and  most  satisfactory  to  the  patrons. 

Reg.  9.  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  shall  at  the 
first  regular  meeting  after  the  May  examination  in  each  year, 
proceed  to  assign  teachers  to  schools  for  the  ensuing  scholastic 
year,  selecting  first  from  the  list  of  county  teachers  holding 
State  or  County  Certificates;  salaries  may  be  fixed  and  con- 
tracts entered  into  at  a  subsequent  meeting.  After  the  Sep- 
tember examination,  all  vacancies  that  may  exist  or  may  have 
occurred  shall  be  filled  in  like  manner. 


REGULATIONS  ANT)  FORMS.  ^^ 

Reg.  10.  The  State  Board  of  Education  earnestly  admonishes        ^"^^' 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  exercise  great  caution   xoavoid'fa- 
in  the    employment   of  teachers,  that   they   may  not  subject  rontism. 
themselves  to   the  charge  of  being  unduly    influenced  by  per- 
sonal favoritism  or  ties  of  relationship. 

Reg.  11.  The  State  Board  of  Education  calls  the  attention 
of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  especially  to  the  duty   To  prescribe 
of  prescribing  a  uniform  course  of  study  for  their  schools,  and   course  of 
grading   the   same,  as   provided   in   Sec.  28,    Par.  X,    of  the  study. 
School  Laws; — only  a  few  of  the  counties  having  as  yet  com- 
plied with  the  law  in  this  respect. 

Reg.  12.  The    State    Board    of  Education  recommends  to 
such  of  the  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  as  have  not  T^p^jj^^  ^^j^g^ 
already  so  done,  the  adoption  of  a  system  of  rules  and  regula-   and  regula- 
tions for  the  government  uf  schools,  teachers  and  pupils,  and   ^^o^®'^*^'- 
the   printing  of  the  same,  together  with   course  of  study  pre- 
scribed, in  pamphlet  form,  copies  of  which  should  be  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  State  Department. 

For  the  guidance  of  J^oards  contemplating  such  action,  the 
State  Superintendent  shall,  upon  requnst,  furnish  copies  of 
regulations  already  adopted  by  other  counties. 

Reg.  13.  The  State  Board  of  Education  recommends  to  the 
County   Boards  of  Public   Instruction  the  adoption,  for   their         . 
several  counties,  of  a  uniform  regulation  for  the  observance  of   holidays, 
the  Christmas  holidays,  suggesting  that  all  schools  suspend  not 
later  than  December  24th,  and  resume  not  earlier  than  the  2nd 
day  of   January  following. 

Reg.  14.  The  State  Board  of  Education  names  the  first 
Friday  of  February  of  each  year  as  arbor- day,  which  shall 
not  be  observed  as  a  holiday,  but  shall  be  devoted  to  the  plant-  ^^^"''  *^'^ 
ing  of  trees  on  school  grounds  or  other  appropriate  public 
places,  together  with  suitable  exercises,  lessons  or  lectures 
designed  to  interest  and  instruct  the  children  in  the  care 
and  cultivation  of  trees. 

It  is  recommended  to  County  Boards  to  allow  no   teacher 
compensation  for  the  day,  unless  a  prescribed  number  of  trees  compensStioi> 
have  been  properly  planted  and  securely  protected  against  in-   *®*'- 
jury. 

Reg.  15.  County  Boards  of   Public  Instruction  may  adopt 
a  regulation  requiring  pupils  from  other  states,  or  from  other   May  require 
counties  than  their   own,  to  pay  a   specified  tuition  fee  to  the     "' '""   ®®* 
County   Superintendent,  to   be   by   him   paid   to  the  County 
Treasurer,  and  also  reported  to  the  Board. 


46 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 


1893. 


To  observe 
U-mile  line  it. 


May  combine 
schools. 


To  district 
counties. 


To  confine  at- 
tendance to 
proper  dis- 
trict. 


Reg.  16.  The  attention  of  County  Boards  of  Public  In- 
struction is  called  to  tbe  fact  that  the  law  expressly  prohibits 
the  establishing  of  schools  for  the  same  race  nearer  than 
within  three  miles  of  each  other,  unless  made  necessary  by 
local  sjeographical  features. 

Where  this  law  in  regard  to  the  locating  of  schools  has  been 
violated  in  the  past,  it  is  now  made  the  duty  of  the  present 
County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to  proceed  as  speedily  as 
they  can  consistently  with  the  best  interest  of  all  concerned, 
to  correct  the  same  by  combining  two  or  more  schools  when 
practicable,  or  by  otherwise  re-arrangins:  them  so  as  to  conform 
to  the  provisions  of  Sec.  28,  Par,  VI,  of  the  School  Laws. 

Reg. 
officers 

ries  of  their  jurisdiction,  and  as  the  law  clearly  contemplates, 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction  to 
sub-divide  their  respective  counties  into  permanent  local 
school  districts. 

The  various  Boards  that  have  not  yet  done  so,  are  there- 
fore directed  and  enjoined  to  proceed  at  once,  and  as  speedily 
as  possible,  to  lay  oif  their  respective  counties  into  local  school 
districts,  for  each  race  separately,  making  record  of  each  by 
name,  ni:.mber,  description  and  boundary,  and  furnish  each  Su- 
pervisor with  a  copy  of  same,  together  with  such  regulations 
as  will  confine  the  attendance  of  pupils  within  any  district  to 
their  own  district  school,  except  as  Boards  may  provide  by 
regulation ;  Provided^  All  pupils  of  the  county,  qualified 
therefor,  may  attend  the  County  High  School. 


17.  In  order  that  Supervisors   and  other  local  school 
may    have    certain  knowledge  as    to    the    bounda- 


When  to 
make  annual 
report. 


Notice  of  ex- 
.sminations. 


May  appoint 
assistant. 


COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENT  OP  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

Reg.  18.  The  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
in  each  county  shall,  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  July 
of  each  year,  prepare  and  forward  to  the  State  Superintendent 
his  Annual  Report,  in  conformity  with  blanks  and  instructions 
sent  out  from  the  State  Department. 

Reg.  19.  The  County  Superintendent  shall  give  ample  no- 
tice before  every  county  examination,  of  the  time  and  place 
thereof. 

Reg.  20.  In  case  separate  places  are  necessary  to  be  pro. 
vided  for  the  examination  of  white  and  negro  teachers,  the 
County  Superintendent  is  authorized  to  appoint  a  competent 
assistant  to  conduct  one  of  the  examinations,  but  he  shall  be 
responsible  for  all  the  official  acts  of  said  assistant. 


How  gov- 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS.  47 

Reg.  21.  County    Superintendents   are  directed  to  furnish        1893. 
the  proper  forms,  and  to  see  that  every  applicant  for  examina-  ' 

tion  files  the  necessary  endorsement  of  jECOod  moral  character,  Jopms^^etc. 
as  provided  in    Sec.  51,  before  admitting  such  itpplicant  to  the 
■examination. 

Reg.  22.  In  case  a  vacancy  should  exist,  or  from  any  cause 
occur  in  the  teaching  force  of  any  school  between  the  regular  when  to  flU 
meetings  of  the  Board,  the  County  Superintendent  is  author- 
ized  to  fill   the  same,   subject  to  the  ratification  of  the  Board 
at  its  next  regular  meeting. 

Reg.  23.  County   Superintendents  shall  direct  teachers  to 
make  out  all  monthly  reports  for  twenty  (20)  days;  should  a  ^^^^^,^3^^,  ^.g. 
ioliday  occur  during  the  month,  the  teacher  should  record  as  ports, 
the   attendance  for  that  day    (if  not  taught)  the   average  at- 
tendance for  the   actual  number  of  days   taught  during  that 
month. 

SUPERVISORS. 

Reg.  24.  School  Supervisors  shall  be  governed  in  the  gen- 
-•ral  discharge  of  their  duties,  by  the  directions  and  the  Rules  emed! 
and  Regulations  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

Reg.  25.  The  office  of  Supervisor  is  not  one  of  control, 
but  of  oversight  only.  Schools  while  in  session  are  under  the  aSS"^  ^^' 
immediate  control  of  the  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction. 
But  in  case  of  emergency  the  County  Superintendent  may 
suspend  or  close  a  school,  subject  to  the  action  of  the  Board 
at  its  next  meeting. 

Reg.  26.  The  patrons  should  recommend  to  the  County  Sup-   ^. 
erintendent  suitable  persons  for  Supervisors  (Sec.  28,  par.  Ill);  power  of 
but  the  County  Superintendent   may  exercise  some  discretion   perintendeiit. 
an  nominating  such  to  the  Board  of   Public  Instruction  for  ap- 
pointment  (Sec.  44,  par.  Y). 

TEACHERS. 

Reg.  27.  Before  beginning  a  school  the  teacher  must   first 
obtain  a  certificate,  contract  with  the  County  Board,  procure  a  primary  du- 
register  and  all  necessary  blanks.     He  must  keep  his   register  ties  of  teach- 
in  accordance  with  the  printed   directions   therein,  and   must   ^^' 
make  out  his  monthly  reports  in  strict  conformity  to  the  blanks 
furnished. 

Reg.  2S.  Teachers  are  notified  that  there  is  nothing  in  the 
tBchool  laws  of  the  State  prohibiting  the   infliction  of  corporal  Corpomi 
punishment,  when  in  their  judgment  it  is  necessary;  Provided^  punishment, 
XoweyeT*,  That  such  punishment  shall  not  be  unnecessarily  se- 
Tere. 


48 


REGULATIONS  AND  FORMS. 


1893. 


Prerequisite? 
lor  ytate  Cer- 
tificate. 


For  Life  Cer- 
tificate, 


For  Special 
Lite  Certifi- 
cate. 


Teachers 
should  ad- 
vance tirade  of 
Certificates. 


teachers'  certificates. 

Reg.  29.  Applicants  for  examination  for  State  Certificates^ 
unless  personally  known  to  the  State  Supsrintendent,  must  file 
written  evidence  of  having  taught  at  least  twenty-four  (24) 
months  under  a  county  First  Grade  Certificate,  or  its  equiv- 
valent,  eight  (8)  months  of  which  time  must  be  shown  to  have 
been  taught  successfully  in  the  schools  of  this  State. 

Reg.  30.  Applicants  tor  .Life  Certificates  must  present  en- 
dorsements in  conformity  to  law,  and  in  accordance  wath  the 
blanks  furnished  by  the  State  Superintendent. 

Reg.  31.  Applicants  for  Special  Life  Certificates  must  pre- 
sent to  the  State  Superintendent  written  evidence  of  having 
been  specially  trained  for  kindergarten  or  primary  work.  All 
such  applications  must  come  through  County  Superintendents, 
and  ail  applicants  must  be  endorsed  by  the  County  Board 
under  which  employed,  as  being  eminently  successful  in  that 
department  of  school  work,  and  similarly  endorsed  by  all 
County  Superintendents  under  whom  they  have  taught  for  the 
required  three  years.  Blank  forms  of  application  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  State  Superintendent  upon  application. 

Reg.  32.  "All  teachers  should  of  their  own  purpose 
seek  from  time  to  time  to  advance  the  class  of  their  certificates 
by  diligent  and  persistent  study  and  the  constant  reading  of  the 
best  journals  of  school  work,  and  books  treating  of  methods, 
discipline  and  government  of  the  school,  and  so  pass  from  the 
lowest  to  the  highest  grade  of  certificate,  and  carry  with  it  the 
increased  capacity  for  the  true  work  of  the  school  room. 

"County  Superintendents  discovering  a  disposition  on  the 
part  of  certain  teachers  to  remain  content  with  any  certificate 
they  may  be  fortunate  enough  to  obtain,  exhibiting  no  desire 
to  rise  higher  or  to  become  better  qualified  for  their  import- 
ant work,  should  at  once  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of 
Public  Instruction  and  recommend  their  removal  from  the 
corps  of  teachers  in  the  county." — lion.  A.  J.  Russell,  Reg.  of 
1891. 


FORMS 


No.  1. 


Of  C(>innil.'<fiioiii<  of  ^fembers  of  (k>}inty  J3oar(U  of  PnhJi<> 
rnstructlon. 

J)KI»Ain'MKXT    OF    PuHLIC    InSTKUCTIOX,  ") 

State  of  Florida,  \ 


111  the  name  and  by  the  authority  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa-^ 

tion: 

Whereas, Avas  duly  elected  on  the < . 

day  of ,  A.  1).  189 .  .,  to  be  the  member   of  the 

County  Board  of   Public  Instruction  in  and  for  the  county  of 

,  fi-om  the  School  Board  District  Xo .  . .  . ,  for  the 

term  of  two  years  from  tlie  First  Tuesday  after  the  First  Mon- 
day in  January,  A.  D.  189.  .,  and  until  his  successor  is  elected 
and  qualified  according  to  Cha]).  4193,  Laws  of  Florida; 

Now,  therefore,  I, ,    Superintend- 

ent  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  State  of  Florida,  under  and 
by  the  authority  vested  in  me  by  tlie  laws  of  the  State,  and 
the  regulations  of  the  State  Board   of   Education,    do   hereby 

commission  said to  be  a  member  of   the  County 

l^oard  of  Public  Instruction  of  .  .  . county,  for  the 

District  and  term  aforesaid,  to  have,  hold  and  exercise  the 
said  office  and  all  the  powers  appertaining  thereto,  and  to  per- 


50  FORMS. 

form  the  duties,  and  receive    the    privileges  and    emolument* 
thereof  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  law. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  do  hereby  set  my  hand  and  affix  the 

seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  at  Tallahas- 
[seal]         see,  the  Capital,  this  the day  of   

A.  D.  189.*. 


Stat&  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  2. 


Of  Appointment  of  3f embers  of  County  J^oards  of  Public 
Instruction . 

Office  of  the  ^ 

State  Board  of  Education  of  Florida,  >- 

Tallahassee, ,  189 . .       ) 

Mr 

,  Fla.: 

Sir:  You  are  herebj-  appointed  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion of  Florida  to  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction 

for  the  county  of    ,  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of 

,    ,    member   from    School    Board 

District  No ,  of  county  aforesaid. 

If  accepted,  notice  of  same  must  be  returned  on  enclosed 
blank  within  ten  (10)  days  after  receipt  of  appointment  (Sec. 
6,  Par.  I). 

Very  respectfully, 
[seal]  ,  Secretary. 


No.  3. 


Of  Acceptance  of  Appointment  of  3Iemhership  on  a  County 
Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

,Fla., 

County  of 189.. 

To 

Secretary  State  Board  of  Education  : 

Sir  :  I  haye  the  honor  to  accept  the  appointment  by  the 
State  Board  of  Education  to  be  a  member  of  the  County 
Board  of  Public   Instruction  for  the  county  of 


FORMS.  51 

from  School  Board  District  No.  .  .  .of  said  county,  and  hereby 
pledge  myself  to  perform  impartially  the  duties  of  the  office 
<Sec.  6,  Par.  I). 

Very  respectfully, 


No.  4. 

Of  Remomng  Member  of  County  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion. 

Office  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  of  Florida. 

Tallahassee, 189 .  . 

To , 


'■[ 


Sir  :     For  [state   reason] you  are   hereby  re- 
moved  from   the    County   Board    of  Public    Instruction    for 

county. 

Very  respectfully, 


Secretary.  Pres.  of  Board. 


No.  5. 
Of  Recommending  School  Saperuiaor. 

,  (P.O.)  Fla. 

,  ,  189 


To 


Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Instruction : 

Sir  :  Five  days  notice  of  the  time,  place  and  purpose  of  the 
meeting  having  been  given  by  the   Supervisor,  the  patrons  of 

gchool  No . .  . ,  at    ,    met  and  organized   by  the 

election  of  the  undersigned  as  Chairman  and  Secretary. 

After  ballot  of  the  patrons  only,  it  was  found  that  a  major- 
ity favored  the  appointment  of  Mr.  (or  Mrs.)    , 

of   ,  (P.    O.)  as    Supervisor  of  said  school  and 

endorse  as  a  citizen  of  good  moral  character,  tem- 
perate, upright,  responsible,  possessing  a  fair  education,  and  as 
one  who  will  perform  the  duties  of  the  office  impartially  and 
faithfully. 


Secretary.  Chairman. 


FORMS. 

^^o.  6. 

Of  Appohitrtient  of  iSehool  S'i(percif<or. 


Office  of 
County  Board  of  Public  Instruction 

FOR  THE  County  of 

PYa., 1S9..     J 


To 


Str  :  Having  been  duly  recommended  and  endorsed  as  a 
suitable  person  to  act  as  Supervisor  of  school  No..  .  .,  situated 
at ,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion on  the  ....  day  of ,  189.  .  .,  you  were  ap- 
pointed accordingly  (for  four  yeors^  or  to  fill  the  vne^'pired 
term  of),  or  during  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
the  office. 

Blank  form  of  acceptance  hercAvilh  enclosed  mu«t  le  signed 
and  returned  within  ten  (10)  days,  or  the  appointment  will  be 
considered  rejected. 

Very  respectfully, 


Secretary  and  County  Superinterdent. 


No.  7. 
Of  A ccej  tan ce  of  Appioiu  trnen  t  as   Sch ool  Sifpervii  or, 

,  Fla., 

,  189.. 

To.... , 

Sec.  and  Co.  /Sif2)t.  Piih.  Inst.: 

Sir:  I  hereby  accept  the  appointment  as  School  Su):ei-visor 
for  school  No . .  .  . ,  situated  at ,  and  pledge  my- 
self to  perform  all  the  duties  of  the  office  faithfully  and  im- 
partially. 

Very  respectfully, 


FORMS.  ^3 

Ko..  8. 

Of  Kn<h)f$e}jt<mt  of  A2>i>liraj)(  for  County/  Ji!xoniiii<itlnit. 

•  •  - ">  •  ■  •  ■  ■••>•) 

,   ....    189. 

To  Co.  Su].t.  Vuh.  h)sr.. 

. County: 

8ik:     This    is  to  certify  that    1    have    been    personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  bearer, ,  for y3ars 

and  commend to  you  as  a  person  of   good  moral  char- 
acter, and  addicted  to  no  habits  that  could  unfit  or    disqualify 

for  the  position  of  teacher. 

Very  respectfully. 


No.  9.- 
Of  Applieation  f/r  JU-raminatioH  for  /State  Certificate. 

....* Fla., 

189.. 

To , 

State  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst,: 

Sir:  I  hereby  make  application  for  examinatio!i  for  State 
Certificate,  and  enclose  herewith  testimonials  both  as  to  my 
uharacter  and  my  experience  and  success  as  a  teacher. 

Very  respectfully, 


Applicant  must  file  endorsement  from  the  school  authori- 
ties under  whom  he  has  taught  for  the  last  twenty-four  months 
(eight  of  which  must  have  been  in  the  schools  of  Florida),  and 
said  endorsements  must  certify  to  applicant's  good  moral  char- 
acter and  success  as  a  teacher. 


No.  10. 

Of  lieconnnendatioii  for  XZ/'c  Certificate. 

,  Fla., 

,189    . 

To , 

^State   iSupt.  (f  Pub.  Inst.: 

Rik:     We,  the  undersigned,  each  of  us  a  holder  of   a    State 
Certificate  granted  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Chap- 


54  FORMS. 

ter  4192,  Laws  of  Florida,  and  being  well  and  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  work  and  character  of .,  and  having 

personally  observed  his  methods  and  noted  his  success  in  the 
class  room,  both  in  the  matter  of  instruction  and  discipline,  do 

therefore  endorse as  a  person  of  eminent  teaching 

ability,  and  certify  that  he  has  been  eminently  successful  in 
governing  and  conducting  for  the  past  thirty  (30)  months  the 
High  School  at ,  in county,  and  com- 
mend   to  you  as  a  teacher  worthy  and  well  qualified  in 

every  respect  to  receive  a  Teacher's  Life  Certificate. 

Very  respectfully, 

Prin  ....  School. 

Prin  ....  School. 

Prin  ....   School. 


No.  11. 
Of  Application  for  Special  Ufe   Certificate. 
Office  of 

Coi^TY   SurEKl^'TENI)E>T    OF  Pui'.LIC  InSTRUCTIO 

Fla 189..  . 


^ 


To 

State   Superintendent  Puhlic  Instruction: 

Sir:     At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  of 

county,  on  the ....  day  of ,  189 ... , 

,  for ....  years  a  teacher  in  the  (^Prim- 
ary or  Kinder  gar  ten)  department  of  the graded  school 

of  said  county,  haviiig  been  nominated  by  the  County  Super- 
intendent, was  unanimously  endorsed  by  the  Board  as  emi- 
nently successful  in  her  department,  and  is  hereby  recom- 
mended to  you  as  in  their  judgment  well  and  truly  deserving 
of,  and  entitled  to  a  Special  Life  Certificate  in  that  department 
of  school  work. 

Very  respectfulh'-, 

,  Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 

Sec.  and  Supt.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 

Note — Applicant  must  file  herewith  certificate  from  the 
Training  or  Kindergarten  school  in  which  she  was  trained. 
And  if  she    has   not  taught    the  required  three   years  in  the 


FORxMS.  55 

above  school,  this  application  must  be  endorsed  by  all  the 
County  Superintendents  in  the  graded  schools  of  whose  coun- 
ties she  has  taught  during  the  remaining  part  of  the  three 
years. 


No.  12. 

Of  Teacher's   Third  Grade   Certificate. 

Note. — The  different  grades  of  Certificates  will  be  issued 
in  books  of  100  each,  with  stubs.  Stubs  in  all  cases  must  be 
filled  out  as  indicated. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No..  [seal  of  state.]  Fori  Year. 

Teacher's  Certificate — Third  Grade. 

To  the    l^oard  of  Public  Instruction  of 

County: 

This  certifies  that having  presented  the  requi- 
site endorsement  of  good  moral  character^  and  having  been 
legally  examined  and  found  to  possess  the  qualifications  for  a 
Third  Grade  Teacher  as  prescribed  in  Sec.  5,  Chap.  4192,  an 
act  to  provide  for  the  Uniform  Examination,  of  Teachers^ 
is  hereby  authorized  to  contract  with  your  lionorable  Ba^rd,  to 

teach  in  the  public   schools  of  this, 

county  within  the  school  year  ending  June,  30th,  189.  . 

Given  under  my  hand,  this ....  da}^  of .... ,  189 .  . 

> 

Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst Co. 

Standing  on  examination,  scale  100.  Orthography  .  ., 
Reading  ..,  Penmanship  ..,  History  ..,  Arithmetic  ..,    Eng. 

Grammar  ....,  Geography  .  .,    Composition  ,  Physiology  . ., 

Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching  .  .,  Generel  average.  . 

N.  13. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certificate  who 
fails  to  make  a  generel  average  of  60  per  cent.,  or  falls  in  any 
branch  below  40  per  cent. 

Form  of  tStah  to    Third  Grade    Certificate. 

No .  . ,  Date  of  issue ,  1 89 .  . ,  To  .  .  .  . ,  Sex  .  .  .  . ,  Race .  .  .  . , 

Age.  .,  Home  P.  O ,  Certificate  expires 

Stan<ling  on  examination  same  as  in  body  of  certificate. 


56  FORMS. 

No.  13. 

Of  Te(i.cher\s   Second  Gnnle   Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No..  [seal  of  state.]  For  2  Years. 

Teaciieu's  Cektificate — Second  Gkade. 

■To  tlie  Board  of  Public  Instruction    count}^: 

This  certifies  that having  presented  the  requi- 

•  site  endorsement  of  good  )rioral  character^  and  having  been 
legally  examined  and  found  to  possess  the  qualifications  for  a 
'Second  Grade  Teacher  as  prescribed  in  Sec.  6,  Chap.  4192,  an 
act  to  provide  for  Uniform  .Examination  of  IWichers^  is 
hereby  authorized  to    contract    with  your    Honorable   Board, 

f  to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  this county,  for 

'-the  school  years  endino-  June    30th,   189..,   and  June  30th, 

a89.. 

Given  under  my  hand,  this  the  .  .  da}^  of    .  .  . . ,  189.  . 


Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 
Standino-  on    examination.     (Subjects  same    as    for    Third 
Grade.) 

N.  B. — No  candidate  can  be  awarded  this  certificate  who 
fails  to  make  a  general  average  of  75  per  cent.,  or  falls  in 
any  branch  below  50  per  cent. 

Eor-iJi   of  Stub  for   Second   irrade    (^crtifcate. 

No .  . ,  Date  of  issue 189 .. ,  'J'o ,  Sex  .  .  .  . ,  Race .  .  .  . , 

A^e.  .,  Home    P.  O ,  Has   taught  .  .  .  months,    Last 

'Certificate  was.  .  .  .  Grade,  Issued  from county.  Dated 


^certificate. 


Standing  on  examination    same  as  in  body  of 


No.    14. 
Of  Teacher'^s  First  Grade  Certifcate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No..  [seal  of  state.]         For  Three  Years. 

Teacher'' s  Certificate — FIrst  Gradp:. 
To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction,  Greeting: 

Be  it  known  that    having  presented   the  requisite 

■endorsement  of  good  niorcd  character^  and  having  passed  satis- 
factory examination  as  prescribed  in  Sec.   7,    Chap.  4192,    an 


FORMS.  57 

act  to  ])iovi<le  for  tlie  ( '/it fan//  J'J.>'anihniiion  of  Teac/iers,    in 
therefore  entitled  to  the  rank  of  I'^irst  Grade  Teacher^  and  is 

hereby  licensed  to  teach  in  the  Public  Schools  of 

county  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  date. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  the  ....  day  of  .  .  .  .,  189.  . . 


Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


Standing  on  examination,  scale  of  lUO.  Orthography  .  .; 
heading  .  .,  Penmanship  .  .,  U.  S.  History  .  .,  Geography  .  ., 
Eng.  Grammar  .  .  ,  Arithmetic  .  . ,  Composition  .  .  .  ,  Phys- 
iology .  . ,  Theory  and  Practice  of  Teaching  .  . ,  Civil  Govern- 
ment ..,  Book  Keeping  ..,  Algebra  ..,  Physical  Geogra- 
phy .  .,  General  Average  .  . 

X.  B  — This  certificate  may  be  endorsed  upon  the  reverse 
side  by  any  County  Superintendent;  and  so  endorsed  becomes 
good  for  its  unexpired  term  in  such  county.  Vide  Sec.  17, 
Chap.  4192. 

(The  following  will  be  contained  in  side  stub  to  this  certifi- 
cate.) 

No .-. ,  Issued  .  .  . . ,  l.s9 .  . ,  To .  .  .  . ,  Sex .  .  .  . ,  Race .  .  .  . ,  Age 
.  .,  Home  P.  O .  .  .  . ,  Xo  months  taught.  ., Grade  of  last  Certifi- 
cate .  .  .  . ,  Where  issued, Date  of  same .  . .  . ,  (Standing 

on  Examination  same  as  in  body  of  certificate). 


No.  15. 

Of  Teachers  State   Certifcate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

Xo..  [seal  of  state.]  For  Five  Years 

Tea<'her's  State  Certificate. 
Office  of 

Sri'EKINTENDENT  OF  PuBLIC  InSTRUC'ITON, 

Tallahassee,  .  ,  .  .,  1<S9.  . 

To  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruction: 

Whereas,  The  bearer has  presented  evidence  to 

show  that  . ,  .  has  taught  successfully  at  least  twenty-four 
months  (eight  or  more  of  which  in  schools  of  Florida),  and  that 
....  is  a  j>erson  of  good  moral  character,  possessing  ability  to 
govern  and  aptness  to  teach,  and  has  passed  satisfactory  exam- 
ination in  the  branches  prescribed  in  Sec.  S,    Chap.    4192,    an 


58 


FORMS. 


act  to  provide  for  the  Uniform  Examination  of  Teachers  .  .  , 
is  hereby  licensed  to  teach  in  any  county  in  this  State,  and  ex- 
empt from  further  examination  for  five  years  from  date. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 


tion, this  the 


day  of  . ...,189. 


State  Supt 

.  of  Pub.  Inst. 

Standing  on 

Examination — 

Spelling .... 

Reading .... 

Writing 

Arithmetic  .   . 

Grammar .  .  . 

Composition. 

U.  S.  Historv 

Geography . . . 

Pedagogics  . 

Physiology.  . 

Civil  Gov..  . 

Book  keeping. 

Algebra .... 

Phys.  Geog. . 

Geometry .  . , 

Trigonometry. 

Physics 

Zoology 

Botany  .... 

Latin 

Rhetoric  .  .  . 

Eng.  Lit. 

Ment.  Sci.  .. 

Gen.  History. 

Average .... 

No.    16. 

Of  Teacher'^s  Life   Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

Teacher's  Life  [seal  of  state.]  Certificate. 

Alios  Docendo  IJisci.mus. 

The  eminent  qualifications  of as  a  teacher  of 

youth,  having  been  shown  by ...  .  distinguished  success  in  the 
schools  of  this  State,  and  having  presented  the  requisite  en- 
dorsements and  testimonials  as  provided  by  Sec.  9,  Chap. 
4192,  Laws  of  Florida, is  therefore  awarded  this  Di- 
ploma which  is  of  perpetual  validity,  and  forever  exempts .... 
from  further  examination  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
this  State. 

Given  under  my  hand  and   the   Seal  of  the    State  Board  of 

Education,  at  the  city  of  Tallahassee,  this  the.  .  .  day  of 

189.. 


State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.  5» 

No.  3  7. 

Of  Primary  Life   Certificate. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

Primary  Life  [seal  of  state.]  Certifcate.. 

Office  of 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
Tallahassee,  ....  189.. 

Whreas,  The  bearer lias  been  recommended 

by  the  County  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of 

county,  and    has  presented  the  requisite    endorsements 

and  filed  the  necessary  evidence  to  show  that ....  has  been  espe- 
cially trained  for  Kindergarten  or  Primary  work,  and  by  three- 
years'  successful  teaching  in  this  State  has  demonstrated 

Eminent  Qualifications  as  a  primary  teacher; 

Therefore^  By  authority   reserved  to    me  in    Sec.  9,    Chap. 

4192,  Laws  of  Florida,  I  have  this  day  awarded 

this  Certificate,  which  is  of  perpetual  validity,  and  secures  to- 
the  privilege  oi  teaching,  without  further  exam- 
ination, in  the  Primary  Department  only  of  any  regularly  graded 
school  in  the  State  of  P^'lorida. 

Witness  mv  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, this  the.  .  .  .  day  of    189.  .  . 


State  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


■•[ 


No.   18. 
Of  Suspension  or  B evocation  of  a  Teacher'' s   Certificate. 

Office  of  the 

Board  of  Public  Instruction, 

For  ....  County  ....  189 

To , 

,  Fla.: 

Dear....:  It  is  my  unpleasant  duty  to  inform  you  that 
certain  charges  have  been  preferred  asjainst  you,  on  appar- 
ently sufficient  grounds,  alleging  that  (state  the  charges 
plainly  and  briefly — see  Section  44,  Par.  XI),  in  consequence 
of  which  your  certificate  to  teach  a  public  school  is  hereby  de- 
clared suspended  (or  revoked,  as  the  case  may  be),  and  the 
right  to  teach  a  public  school  in  this  State,  as  well  as  the  priv- 
ileges conferred  by  said  certificates,  are  suspended  (or  revoked^ 
as  the  case  may  require),  until  further  notice. 


6(^  FORMS. 

The  case  will  be  presented  to  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion (or  Superintendent  of  Public  instruction,  if  the  certifi- 
cate had  been  issued  by  him;  also,  state  the  time  and  place  at 
which  a  hearing  will  be  granted),  at  which  time  you  shall  have 
an  opportunity  to  make  a  full  and  fair  vindication  of  the 
-charges,  in  conformity  to  the  regulations  of  the  Department 
'of  Public  Instruction. 

Yery  respectfully, 


Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  IP. 

Of  Voiitract  ivitJi  T't'richer. 

This  contract,  by  and    between ,  a   legally  licensed 

'Teacher,  and  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for    the    county 

of ,  State  of  Florida,  witnesseth:     That  the  said  .... 

agrees  to  teach  (as  principal,    Isl  or  "Jnd  assistant,  as  the  case 

may  be),  in  the  Public  School  No. .  . ,  at ,  or  such  other 

Public  School  as  the  Board  may  elect,  commencing  on  the  .  .  . 
day  of ,  189.  .,  for  the  term  of .  .  .  .months,  and  to  per- 
form well  and  faithfully  the  duties  of  Teacher  according  to 
law  and  the  Regulations  of  the  Department  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  Florida  and  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Board  of 

Public  Instruction  of county.     The  Board  on    its    part 

reserves  the  right  to  change  the  salary  specified  in  this  con- 
tract; to  shorten  or  lengthen  the  term  specified  herein;  or,  for 
sufficient  cause,  to  annul  the  contract  altogether,  as  the  suc- 
cess or  failure  of  the  Teacher  seems  to  justify,  or  as con- 
forms or  fails  to  conform  to  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  this 
Board. 

For  and    in  consideration    of    services    rendered,  the  said 

Board  of  Public  Instruction  of county,  agrees  to  pay   to 

t,he  said the  sura    of Dollars  per    school    month, 

^and  to  give  such  other  aid  as  the  law  requires. 

Signed: 


Teacher. 
Sec.  and  Co.  Supt. 


FORMS.  61; 

J^y  order  and  on  l.chalf  of  County  l><^iir<l  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion . 

Witnesses: 


N.B. — The  original  must  he  filed  in  the  office  of  the  County 
Superintendent,  ^vho  may  give  any  teacher  a  duplicate  on  de- 
mand. 


No.  -20. 

Of  Award  of  Hoard    of    PnhlUi  hatruction    on    Chargeti 
A</<(inst  a    Teacher  on  Aj^peal. 

Office  of  ^ 

TiiK  B()AKi>  OF  Public  Instruction  >- 
FOR  TIIK  County  of  .,..,....,  189 ..  ) 

To ., 

TeacJier : 

After  a  fail-  and    careful    examination,    on    appeal,    of  the 

charges  preferred  against  you  hy    ,    to-wit: 

(recite  the  charges  plainly  andhiielly,)  it  appears  to  this  Board 

that    (state   the    conclusion  of  the    Board)   you 

are  hereby  iionorably  acquitted  and  continued  m  yonr  position 

in    (or  censured   and    discharged  from,  as  the  case 

may  be)  the  service  of  this  Board.     Y<uir  salary  will  be  con- 
tinued from    the  time  of  your  suspension,    (or  will 

not    be  continued,  in  case  the  suspension  is  confirmed  or  cer 
tificate  revoked.) 

,  Chairman. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  of  I^ub.-Inst. 


No.  21. 

()f  Kotlee  of   Si/speasioii  of  Paial  hi/  a    Teavher. 

SniooT.  No ,  189.  . 

To , 

A<chool  Supervisor : 

I  regret  to  be  compelled  to  inform  you  that  under  the  pro- 
vision of  the  school  law  (Section  68,  Par.  V),  I  have  found 
it  necessary,  for  the  good  of  the  school,  to  suspend 


€2  FORMS. 

{name  pupil)  from  attendance  at  school  for (not  ex- 

<3eeding  ten)  days.    The  cause  for  such  suspension  is    

Have  the  kindness  to  call  on  me  at  your  earliest  convenience, 
to  extend  such  aid  and  advice,  and  take  such  further  action  as 
joumay  judge  proper,  according  to  Section  46,  Par.  III.  of  the 
law. 

Very  respectfully, 
,  Teacher. 

Note. — The  teacher  must  also  give  immediate  notice  to  the 
parents  or  guardian  of  the  pupil,  (Sec.  68,  Par.  V).  This  may 
be  done  by  modifiying  the  above  form,  but  is  always  best  done 
in  person. 

At  the  interview,  the  teacher  should  carefully  avoid  finding 
needless  fault  with  the  child,  and  should  manifest  such  kindly 
spirit  toward  both  parent  and  child  as  should  satisfy  them  that 
the  suspension  was  not  prompted  by  any  malice,  but  only  for 
the  reformation  of  the  pupil  and  the  good  of  the  school. 

Indeed,  a  frank  interview  with  the  parent  or  guardian  in 
advance  of  suspension  would  often  render  a  resort  to  such  a 
measure  unnecessary. 

In  all  cases  of  suspension,  the  teacher  must  report  the  mat- 
ter, with  the  facts,  both  to  the  Supervisor  and  parents.  The 
Supervisor  must  review  all  suspensions  and  report  the  same 
promptly  to  the  County  Superintendent,  (Sec.  46,  Par.  Ill), 
whose  action  on  the  matter  shall  be  final. 


No.  22. 


Of  Notice  for  Called  Meeting  of  Board. 

Office  of 
Board  of  Public  Instruction, 
For Oou^TY 189.. 

To , 

Member  Co.  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst.: 

Sir:     I  have  the  honor   to    request  your   attendance  at  a 
special  meeting  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction,  to 

be  held  at ,  on    the ....  day  of ,    at  the   hour    of 

. .  .  .(a.  m.  or  p.  m),  for  the  purpose  of (state  the  object 

of  the  meeting). 

Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


FORMS.  63 

No.  23. 

Of  Warrant  on  a    Treasurer  of  County  Board  of  Public 
Instruction. 

STATE  OF  FLORIDA. 

No ...  To  THE  Treasurer  of  ... .  County  Board  of  Public 

Instruction. 

Pay  to  the  order  of 

Dollars 

[Seal  of  the  State.] 

From  any  money  belonging  to  the  County  School  Fund,  for 

services  as  teacher  in  school  No ...  at , Given  at 

,  Fla,  this  ....  day  of    189 ..  . 

Countersigned  by 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst.       Chair.  Co.  Board  Pub.  Inst. 

Form  of  Stub. 

School  Warrant.     No I Issued ,189 

To ,  Teacher  of  school  No ...  at 

Payable  out  of  County  School  Fund.  For  salary 

month.  Received  by  me 


No.   24. 


Of  Notifying    Comptroller    Who  is  Authorized  to  Heceive 
County  School  Fund. 

Office  of  ) 

Board  of  Public  Instruction,  for  thb  >■ 

County  of  .... ,   ,  189 . .      ) 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahasssee^  Fla.: 

Sir:     This  is  to  certify  that is  Treasurer  of 

county,  and  is  authorized  to  receive  the  sum  apportioned  to 
said  county  from  the  interest  of  the  State  School  Fund  (or 
one-mill  tax)  for  the  year  189.  . 


Chair.  Co.  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst. 
Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


FOR  THE  V 
189..         ) 


64  FORMS. 

No.   25. 
Of  Re(p(ii>itioii  on  the  Comptroller  for  School  Fund. 

Office  of 
Board  of  Puklto  Instruction 
County  of , 

To  Hon ,  Comptroller, 

Tallahassee^  Fla.: 

Sir:  We  hereby  make  application  for  $....,  the  sum  ap-^ 
portioned  to county  from  the  interest  on  the  State- 
School  Fund  (or  one. mill  tax)  for  the  year  189.  . 

Treasurer  of County. 

Chair.*  Co.  Bd.  Pub.  Inst. 


No.  26. 


Of  Bond  of  T'rnstees  of  School  Suh- District .     Sec.  G,  Par. 
IT,  and  Sec.  42. 

Know  all  men  hy  these  presents^  That  we,  A  B,  C  D,  and  E 

F.  Trustees  of  School  Sub-District  No.  .  .  .  county  of , 

State  of  Florida  as  principals,  and  G  H  and  J  K,  their  sureties, 
are  held  and  firmly  bound  unto  the  Board  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion of  said  county  in  the  sum  of  (insert  double  the  amount 
that  will  be  liable  to  fall  into  their  hands  at  any  time)  for  the 
payment  of  which  sum  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  firmly 
bind  ourselves,  our  heirs,  executors  and  administrators,  jointly 
and  severally,  by  these  presents. 

The  condition  of  this  obligation  is  such,  that  if  the  said  A 
B,  C  D  and  E  F,  Trustees  of  School  Sub-District  No..., 
county  and  State  aforesaid,  shall  faithfully  appropriate  to  their 
proper  and  lawful  uses,  as  provided  in  section  43  of  the  school 
laws,  all  moneys  or  other  property  that  may  come  into  their 
hands  by  virtue  of  their  office,  and  render  promptly  the  re- 
quired returns,  and  turn  over  to  their  successors  all  bonds, 
records  and  effects,  then  this  obligation  shall  be  void,  otherwise 
of  full  force  and  virtue. 

A  B  Seal. 

C  D  Seal. 

E  F  Seal. 

G  H  Seal. 

I    K  Seal. 


FORMS.  65 

No.  -27. 

Of  Contract  for  Building  a  ScJiruJ  /f<n(se. 

State  of  Florida  "| 

County.  (      This  coutract  made  and  entered  into 

between  A  B  of  the  county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  and 

the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the  county  of.  ...  •  •  ■  •, 
State  of  Florida,  and  their  successors  in  othcc. 

In  consideration  of  the  sum  of  one  dollar  in  band  paid  to  A 
B,  the  receipt  whereof  is  hereby  acknowledged,  and  of  the 
further  sum  of .  .  . .  (insert  total  amount)  to  be  paid  as  herein- 
after provided,  the  said  A  15  agrees  to  build  a (de- 
scribe the  building  here  merely  in  general  terms  as  log,  f  rame^ 
brick,  etc.,)  and  to  furnish  the  material  therefor,  according  to 
the  plan  and  specifications  for  the  construction  of  said  house, 

hereunto  appended,  at (describe  the   locality)  and  on 

such  lot  as  the  Board  my  direct. 

The  said  house  is  to  be  built  of  the  best  material,  in  a  sub- 
stantial, workmanlike  manner,  and  is  to  be  completed  and  de- 
livered to  the  said  Board,  or  their  successors  in  office,  free 
from  any  lien  for  work  done  or  material  furnished,  by  the 
day  of ,  189 . . ;  and  in  case  the  house  is  not  fin- 
ished and  ready  for  delivery  by  the  time  herein  specified,  the 
said  A  B  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  said  Board,  or  th.ir  suc- 
cessors in  office,  for  the  use  of  the  public  schools  of  the  county, 

the  liquidated  sura  of ,  (insert  the  forfeit  money)  and 

shall  also  be  liable  for  all  damages  that  may  result  to  said 
Board  in  consequence  of  such  failure. 

The  said  Board  hereby  agrees  for  themselves,  and  their  suc- 
cessors in  office,  to  pay  the  said  A  B  the  sum  of dollars 

when  the  said  house  is  iinished  and  delivered  as  herein  stipu- 
lated (or,  as  is  usual  in  costly  buildings,  the  Board  may  pay  in 
installments  as  the  work  progresses,  as  follows:  The  sum  of 
.  .  .  .dollars  when  the  foundation  of  the  house  is  finished;  and 
the  further  sum  of  ....  dollars  when  the  walls  are  up  to  the 
square  and  ready  for  the  roof,  the  remaining  sum  of.  .  .  .dollars 
when  the  said  house  is  finished,  etc.). 

It  is  further  agreed  that  this  contract  shall  not  be  sub-let, 
transferred  or  assigned,  without  the  mutual  consent  of  both 
parties. 

5 


CG  FORMS. 

Witness    our  Ijaiuls  and  seals  this dnv  of A.  D, 

189.. 

AB, 

Contractor. 

Chair.  Co.  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst. 

See.  and  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst. 
^A'^itn  esses: 


XoTE. — Plans  and  specifications  sliould  be  attached  to  the 
contract. 

A  Board  should  not  attempt  to  build  a  permanent  and  ex- 
pensive school-house  without  first  getting  some  sjood  mechanic 
or  arcliitect  to  draw  up  full  and  distinct  plans  and  specifica- 
tions. 


No.   28. 

Oj  Deed  hy  Hiishcmd  and  Wife. 

Note. — It  is  the  duty  of  County  Boards  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion to  endeavor  to  get  titles  in  fee  simjyle  to  all  school  prop- 
ertj^  (Sec.  28,  Par.  I).  The  following  form  will  answer  in 
either  case,  whether  the  wife  owns  the  property,  or  only 
signs  to  release  dower. 


State  of  Florida,  |. 

....  County.        i  Know  all  men  by  these   presents.  That 

we,  A  B  and  C  IJ,  his  wife,  of  the  county  of ,  State  of 

Florida,  in  consideration  of   the  sum  of dollars  to  us  in 

hand  paid,  and  by  us  received,  do  hereby  bargain,  sell,  grant 
and  convey  unto  the  Board  of  Public  Instruction  for  the 
county  of ,  State  of  Florida,  and  their  successors  in  of- 
fice, the  following  described  premises,  situated  in  the  county 
and  state  aforesaid,  to- wit:  (Describe  definitely  the  premises 
by  givmg  starting  point,  metes  and  bounds),  together  with  all 
the  tenements,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances  thereto  be- 
longing or  in  anywise  appertaining;  to  have  and  to  hold  in  fee 
simple  forever. 


FORMS.  67 

In  witness  whereof  the  said  A  B,  as  well  as  CD,  his  wife, 
wlio  joins  in  this  conveyance  for  the  purpose  of  absolutely 
transferring  all  of  her  claims  to,  and  relinquishing  and  convey- 
ing all  of  her  estate  and  her  right  of  dower  in  the  above  de- 
scribed premises,  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  and  affixed 
their  seals,  this  ....  day  of  .... ,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  ninety-.  ... 

A  B,  (seal) 

C  D.  (seal) 
Signed,  sealed  and  delivered 
in  presence  of  us — 


State  of  Florida,  | 

County.  )     I, a 

(Justice  of  the  Peace,  or  Notary  Public  as  the  case  may  be) 
in  and  for  the  St;.te  and  county  aforesaid,  do  hereby  certify 
that  on  this ....  day  of A.  D.  189 .  .  in  said  county,  be- 
fore me  in  person  appeared  A  B  ^id  C  7>,  his  wife,  and  both 
of  them  to  me  personally  knowm,  each  of  whom  did  duly  and 
severally  say  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  they  and  each 
of  them  did  execute,  sign,  seal  and  deliver  the  foregoing  deed 
of  conveyance  for  the  uses  and  purposes  therein  expressed. 

And  the  said  Mrs.  CD ,  upon  an  examination  had  and 

made  by  me  separately  and  apart  from  her  said  husband,  did 
say  and  acknowledge  before  me  that  she  executed,  signed  and 
sealed  said  deed  for  the  purpose  of  absolutely  conveying,  re- 
leasing, relinquishing  and  renouncing  all  of  her  estate,  right, 
title  and  interest  in  and  to  the  land  in  said  deed  described, 
whether  the  same  be  a  dower  interest  or  estate,  or  an  inde- 
pendent separate  estate  in  her  own  right,  and  that  she  did  the 
same  freely  and  voluntarily  and  without  any  compulsion,  con- 
straint, apprehension  or  fear  of  or  from  her  said  husband. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto,  in  the  presence  of  the  said 
acknowledgers,  set  my  hand  and  seal  the.  .  .day  and  year  above 
written. 

A  B (sign  here.) 

CD (sign  here.) 

[seal. J 

(J.  P. or  Notary  sign  here  and  attach  private  or  official  seal.) 


68  FORMS. 

No.  29. 

Of  Itemized  Estimate. 

Office  of  ^ 

Tpie  Board  of  Public  Instruction  >- 

for County,  June  .  . .  . ,  189 . .  ) 

To  Hon ,  Chairman^  and  Members  of  the  Board 

of  County   Commissioners  : 

Sirs — The  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction  in  session 
on    this  day  found  the  following  funds  necessary  for  school 

operations  in county  for  the  school  year  beginning  July 

1st,  A.  D.  189.  .  and  ending  June  80th,  A.  D.  1S9.  . 

For  payment  of  outstanding  warrants ^ 

For  purchase  of  text-books,  charts,  etc 

For  construction  of  school-houses 

For  rent  of  school-houses 

For  repair  of  school-houses 

For  insurance  of  school-houses 

P^or  incidental  expenses  of  schools 

For  furniture  for  schools. 

P'or  per  diem  and  mileage  of    School  Board 

For  incidental  expenses  of  Board  and  Co.  Supt. .  .  . 

For  salary  of  County  Superintendent  of  Schools.  .  . 

For  salary  of  teacher  of  school  No.  1  for Mos. 

For  salary  of  teacher  of  school  No.  2  for   ....  Mos. 

For  salary  of  teacher  of  school  No.  3  for Mos. 

(Complete  the  list  of  schools.) 
Total '   $ 

We  believe  that  a  \q\j  of.  .  .mills  on  the  taxable  property  of 
the  county  will  be  necessary  to  give  us  the  amount  we  impera- 
tively need,  and  we  hereby  request  you  to  levy  the  same  in  ac- 
cordance with  Sec.  2,  Chapter  4116  Laws  of  Florida. 

By  order  of  the  County  Board  of  Public  Instruction. 

> 

Chair.  Co.  Board  of  Pub.  Inst. 


Sec.  and  Co.  Supt.  of  Pub.  Inst. 


IHDEX 


A. 

Pge.  Sec.  Par. 
ACTS  OF  LEGISLATURE  1893— 

See  LAWS,  SESSION  OF  1893. 
ACCOUNTS— 

Audited  and  paid  by  Co.  Board  of  Pub.  lust 14    28    VIII 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE— 

Beneficiaries    of 29  94 

Vacancies  in  county's  quota,  how  filled 29  94 

When  application  maybe  made  direct 29  94 

Senators  may  nominate  pupils 30  95 

Trustees  must  report  to  State  Supt    30  96 

APPOINTEES— 

Must  notify  of  acceptance 8  6  I 

Cei tain  pledge  required  "of 8  0  I 

APPEALS- 

State  Supt.  may  decide  on  or  refer  11     21       VI 

State  Board  to  decide,  when  referred  to  them 9      8         III 

Mode  of  making,  prescribed  by  State  Board .9      8         III 

APPENDIX 31 

ARBOR-DAY— 

Regulations  concerning 4."")     14 

ARBITRATION— 

Disputes  settled  by,  procedure 27     '2 

ATTENDANCE— 

From  adjoining  counties  26    78 

From  other  schools  in  same  county 40    17 

How  recorded  for  holidays  not  taught  . 


70  INDEX, 

APPAEATU8- 

County  Board  to  provide 13  28 

Penalty  for  defacing 27  84 

APPLICANTS— 

For  examination  requirements  of 20  51 

15. 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS— 

Of  Institute  for  Blind,    Deaf  and   Dumb.     State 

Board  to  be 10  12 

General  duties  of 10  14 

Shall  provide  necessary  clothing,  etc,  for  inmates  10  17 

Shall  provide  for  education  of  inmates 10  18 

Shall  report  to  Legislature  11  19 

See  also  institute  for    blind,   deaf  and  dumb. 

BOARD  OF  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS— 
See  COUNTY  commissioners. 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 
See  STATE  board  of 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

Consists  of  three  members 16  38 

Elected  biennially  16  33 

One  from  each  School  Board  District  16  34 

When  term  of  office  begin 16  33 

Vacancies  on,  how  filled , 16  35 

Compensation  of  members 16  36 

See  also 13  25 

How  commissioned 44  4 

Special  regulation  concerning  election  of 15  32-34 

To  bo  a  corporation,  powers  defined 12  22 

Procedure  of  organization 12  23 

Hold  titles  to  county  school  property 13  24 

Do  not  control  School  Sub-Dist.   property 13  24 

Co.  Supt.  to  be  Secretary  of 13  26 

Co.  Treasurer,  Treasurer  of 13  27 

Duties  of 13  28 

To  hold  and  manage  Co.  school  property 13  28 


IXDKX. 

BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION- -(aj>«h-/incf7.) 

I'o  locate  and  maintain  schools 13 

To  appoint  Supervisors - 13 

To  select  school  sites ]  o 

To  establish  High  schools 13 

To  employ,  contract  with,  and  pay  teachers 14 

To  audit  and  pay  accounts 14 

To  keep  record  of  official  acts 14 

To  make  certain  reports  14 

To  grade  schools  and  prescribe  courses  of  study . .  14 

To  fix  compensation  of  Co.  Supt 14 

Plenary  powers 14 

To  hold  regular  meetings 14 

May  be  convened  by  Co.  Supt 14 

Shall  prepare  itemized  estimate  sheet 14 

Select  candidates  for  admission  to  l^tate  Colleges 

and  Seminaries  15 

May  not  contract  with  members,  except 15 

To  appoint  grading  committee 15 

To  fix  time  of  opening  schools,  etc 15 

Shall  hold  monthly  meetings,  at  least  ...   44 

]\Iay  refuse  to  issue  Teacher's  warrants,  if 44 

With  whom  may  contract  to  teach 44 

Who  entitled  to  compensation  from,  as  teacher. .  41 

Must  assign  and  contract  with  Teachers 44 

May  not  delegate  this  duty  44 

When  shall  assign  teachers  to  county  schools 44 

Caution  in  employment  of  teachei-s 45 

To  prescribe  course  of  study,  etc 45 

To  adopt  and  print  rules  and  regulations  45 

Recommendation  concerning  Christii  as  holidays.  45 

May  charge  tuition  of  non  resident  pupils 45 

Must  observe  the  "3-mile  limit" 46 

To  sub-divide  county  into  permanent  School  Dis- 
tricts (q.  V.) -JO 

See  also  school  board  districts. 


71 


28 

II 

28 

III 

28 

IV 

28 

V 

28 

VI 

2i 

VIII 

28 

IX 

28 

IX 

28 

X 

28 

XI 

28 

XII 

28 

XIII 

28 

XIII 

18 

XIV 

28 

XV 

29 

;]o 

31 

5 

Q 

7 

7 

8 

8 

0 

10 

11 

12 

13 

15 

m 

2  INDEX. 


BLANKS— 

Printing-  a«d  distribution  of 1 1  21          I 

Us<^  of  by  Co.  Siipt  46  18 

Use  of  by  Teaelier 47  27 

BOND— 

When  reciuired  and  by  whom  fixed 8  6        II 

Trustees  of  sub-district  must  give 18  42 

BUILDINGS,  SCHOOL— 

Duty  of  Board  to  provide  and  care  for 13  28         V 

Penalty  for  defacing 28  86 

C. 

CENSUS  of  School  Population- 
Supervisor  to  take  every  four  years 20    47 

Regulation  concerning 20    41 

When  Co.  Supt.  may  take 19    45 

CERTIFICATES  OF  LICENSE  TO  TEACH    IN    PUB. 
SCHOOLS— 

General  provisions  concerning 20  48-59 

A  prerequisite  to  teachiug 20    48 

Grades  of 20    49 

How  issued 20    50 

Examination  for.  .  See  examination. 

By  whom  may  be  revoked 22     59 

Form  of  revocn  tion 59 

Applicant  for  must  file  endorsement 20    51 

Form  of  endorsement 53 

Provisions  concerning  Third  Grade 20    52 

Form  of  Tliird  Grade 55 

Provisions  concerning  Second  Grade .  .   21     53 

Form  of  Second  (Trade 56 

Provisions  concerning  First  Grade ~1     n4 

Form  of  First  Grade  . . 56 

Second  and  Third  Grade  good  only  in  county  issu- 
ing    22     57 

First  Grade  may  ])e  endorsed  in  other  counties .. .  22     58 

By  whom  First  Grade  may  be  revoked 22    59 

See  also  •■examination." 


IND  EX.  <0 

€ERTIFICATE,  STATE— 

See  STATE  CERTIFICATE. 

CERTIFICATE,  LIFE— 

See  LIFE  CERTIFICATE. 

CERTIFICATE,  SPECIAL  LIFE- 

See  PRIMARY  LIFE  CERTIFICATE. 

COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS- 

Issue  certificate  of  admittance  to  Institute  for  Blind, 

Deaf  and  Dumb 10    15 

Supply  means  of  transportation 10    16 

Shall  levy  school  tax  estimated  by  School  Board.  15    28    XIV 
Shall  levy  special  tax  estimated  by  trustees  sub- 
districts 1'''    39 

COUNTY  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION— 

See  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 

CONVENTIO::  :)L  OFFICERS— 

For  what  and  by  whom  may  be  called 11    21        II 

CONTRACT— 

Form  of  for  building  school  house 65 

Form  of  teachers' 60 

COUNTY  SCHOOL  FUND— 

All  moneys  going  to  must  be  paid  to  County  Treas- 
\irer 27     81 

•COURSE  OF  STUDY— 

In  eacli  county  must  be  prescribed  by  Co.  Board.   14    28        10 

Should  be  published .^ 4;)     12 

COUNTY     SUPERINTENDENT    OF    PUI.l^^       IN- 
STRUCTION. 

'     Is  Sec.  of  Co.  Bd.  of  Pub.  Inst 13 

Compensation  of 14 

May  call  spec!;;'  ■  14 

D'Jties  of 18 

ird  to  locating  s<iu)ols 18 

. . .  ■.  .   .-,  ;rd  to  visitiii'j;  schools 18 

With  regard  to  awakening  educational  mterest. .   18 

With  regard  to  supervisors     18 

With  r>'^gard  to  keeping  record  oi  >t,irM.i-. 19 


26 

28 

XI 

28 

XIII 

44 

44 

I 

44 

II 

44 

III 

44 

IV-V 

44 

VI 

74  IXDEX. 

COUNTY    SUPERINTENDENT     OF     PUBLIC    IN- 

STR  UCTION— ( Contiauecl ) 

Wit'.i  regard  to  State  Supt.  Pub.  Inst 19 

To  decide  disputes,  or  refer  to  Board 19 

To  protect  the  educational  interests  of  Co 19 

To  examine  applicants  and  issue  1st,  2nd  and  3rd 

grade  certificates 19 

May  revoke  certain  certificates  for  cause 19 

When  may  take  census , 19 

Not  authorized  to  purchase  land  for  Board 19 

Shall  make  annual  report  to  State  Supt  46 

Shall  give  notice  of  examinations 46 

May  appoint  an  assistant  examiner 56 

Shall  require  applicants  for  examination  to  file  en- 
dorsements   47 

When  may  appoint  ateacher 47 

Allowed  discretion  in  nominating  sup3rvisars 47 

T>. 

DAY— 

See  SCHOOL  day. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION- 

OflRcers  of 7 

State  Supt.  to  prescribe  rules  and  regulation  for.   11 

Officers  shall  conform  to  regulations  of 7 

Tenure  of  office  in 7 

DISTRICT— 

Permanent  school. 

Counties  to  be  sub-divided  into 46 

DISPUTES— 

Arising  under  school  laws 

Co.  Supt.  to  decide  or  refer  to  Board ." 19 

DEED — To  school  grounds. 

Form  of , 66 

EDUCATION,  HIGHER— 

State  Roard  of  Education  to  foster  9 


44 

vir 

44 

VIII 

44 

IX 

44 

X 

44 

XI 

45 

45 

Note 

18 

19 

20 

21 

99, 

26 


21 

VII 

3 

I 

3 

II 

17 


44    VIII 


INDEX.  7.S 

ELECTION— 

Of  Co.  Hoards  Fub.  Inst 15  32-34 

For  creating  School  Sub-District 16  37 

Of  Trustees  of  School  Sub-Districts 16  37 

ELECTORS— Of  Sub- District 

Qualifications  of 17  38 

EXAMINATIONS  FOR  COUNTY  CERTIFICATES- 

Conducted  by  Co.  Supt 22  62 

Applicants  must  file  endorsement  of  good  charac- 
ter   20  57 

Applicants  must  pay  a  fee  of  $1.00 20  51 

Held  semi-annually 23  60 

Rules  governing ... 22  62 

Method  of  procedure  in 2Z  63 

Penalty  for  cheating  in  22  62 

Privilege  of  dissatisfied  applicants 24  66 

Papers  to  be  preserved  one  year 24  66 

Penalty  for  violating  provisions  of  examination- 
laws 24  07 

State  Supt.  may  order  special  examinations  ....  12  21         X 

EXAMINATION  FOR  STATE  CERTIFICATES— 

Applicant  must  file  endorsement  and  pay  fee. . .     20  51 

State  Supt.  to  conduct 12  21         X 

EXAMINATION- 

Fee 20  51 

How  applied 24  65 

EXAMINATION  PAPERS— 

Not  to  be  signed 23  63 

Filed  in  Co.  Supt's.  oflEice 24  66 

Examinee  may  have  published 24  66 

EXAMINER— 

Supt.  may  appoint  assistant 22  63 

EXAMINATION  QUESTIONS— 

Prepared  by  State  Supt 22  62 

Sent  under  Seal,  etc ' 22  6^ 

ESTIMATE,  ITEMIZED— 

See  ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE. 


T6 


INDEX. 


26 

26 

76 

26 

77 

EXPENSES— Traveling  of  Board 

Must  be  itemized 16    30 

EXAMINATIONS— Public,  of  schools. 

When  teacher  must  hold ••••....  25    68 


FORFEITURES— 

Of  school  money —  .   

When  county  forfeits ... 

When  school  forfeits 

Disposition  of  forfeitures 26    76- 

FLORIDA  NORMAL  SCHOOL  AND  BUSINESS 
COLLEGE— 

Free  tuition  to  pupil  in  each  Senatorial  Dist 29    93 

Beneficiaries,  how  appointed 29    93 

FENSES— Around  school  ground 

Board  to  build  and  keep  in  repair 13    28 

I^ORMS— 

No.  1.  Of  commission  of  Co.  Board  of  Pub.  Inst.  49 
No.  2  Of  appointment  of  members  of  Co.  Board.  50 
No.    3.  Of  acceptance  of  appointment  on  Co,  Bd.  50 

No.    4.  Of  removing  member  of  Co.  Board  51 

No.  5.  Of  recommending  School  Supervisor.  ...  51 
No.  6.  Of  appointment  of  School  Supervisor  ...  52 
No.    7.  Of  acceptance  of  appointment  of  School 

Supervisor . .  52 

No.    8.  Of  endorsement  of  applicant  for  County 

examination 53 

No.    8.  Of  application  for  Ex.  for  State  Certifi- 
cate       53 

No.  10.  Of  recommendation  for  Life  Certificates . .  54 
No.  11.  Of  application  for  Special  Life  Certificate  55 
No.  12.  Of  Teacher's  Third  Grade  Certificate  . .  .55 
No.  13.  Of  Teacher's  Second  Grade  Certificate. ...  56 

No.  14.  Of  Teacher's  First  Grade  Certificate 56 

No.  15.  Of  Teacher's  State  Certificate  57 

No.  16.  Of  Teacher's  Life  Certificate  58 

No.  17.  Of  Primary  Life  Gertificate. 59 


INDEX. 

FORMS— (Confix  wed,) 

No.  18.  Of  suspension  or  revocation  of  certificate.  09 

No.  19.  Of  contract  with  teacher 60 

No.  20.  Of  decision  of  Board  on  charges  against 

ttacher 61 

No.  21.  Of  notice  of  suspension  of  pupil...   61 

No.  22.  Of  notice  for  called  meeting  of  Board —  62 

No.  28.  Of  Co.  School  Warrant..   , 63 

No  24.  Of  notice  to  Comptroller , 63 

No.  25.  Of  requisition  on  Comptroller 64 

No.  26.  Of  Bond  of  Trustees    of  Sub-District 64 

No.  27.  Of  contract  for  building  a  school-house . .  65 

No.  28.  Of  deed  by  husband  and  wife 66 

No.  29.  Of  itemized  estimate 68 

FUNDS— State  School 

See  STATE  SCHOOL  FUND. 

FUNDS-County   School 

See  COUNTY  school  fund. 
FURNITURE— 

Board  to  supply 13    28 

84 


O. 

GRADING— 

Committee  23  64 

To  be  appointed  by  Co.  Board 15  30 

Duties  and  qualifications  of 23  64 

Time  allowed,  and  conpensation  for  services 24  65 

Must  return  all  papers  to  Co.  Supt 24  66 

Must  conform  to  instructions  sent  out  by  State 

Supt « 23  64 

GRADATION  SHEET— 

Grading  committee  make  two  copies 23  64 

GROUNDS^ 

Improvement  and  care  of 13  28        V 

Authority  of  teacher  on 25  68       IV 


78  INDEX. 

11. 

jaiGH  SCHOOL— 

Boards  to  establish  one  in  each  count}^ 14    28        V 

All  qualified  pupils  of  county  may  attend 46    17 

HOLIDAYS 26    74 

Legal  holidays  described,  see  note 26 

Attendance  for,  how  recorded  by  teacher 47    23 

Recommendations     concerning    observance      of 

Christmas...     45     13 

I. 

INSTITUTE  FOR  BLIND,  DEAF  AND  DUMB 10 

Board  of  Managers  of 10    12 

Location 10    13 

Beneficiaries  and  pay  pupils  10    14 

Application  for,  how  made  10     15 

County  Commissioners  to  supply  means  of  trans- 
portation to 10    16 

See  also  board  of  managers  . 

INSTITUTES— 

State  Supt.  shall  provide  for 11    21       III 

INSTITUTES,  COUNTY  - 

Examination  fund  may  be  used,  for 24    65 

ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE— 

For  county  school  fund 14    28    XIV 

For  sub-district  fund 17    39 

INTEREST  ON  COMMON  SCHOOL  FUND— 

See  STATE  SCHOOL  FUND. 

INCOMPETENCY— 

Cause  for  removal 7      3       III 

LAW— 

Regulations  of  Co.  Boards  haye  effect  of 43      2 

XAWS— 

Session  of  1893.     See  appendix. 

Providing  for  uniform  examinations 31 


INDEX.  79 

IjXWS— (Gut  itnied.) 

Providing  for  election  of  boaids o5 

Providing  for  creation  of  sub-districts 37 

Ibid 38 

Regulating  school  day,  etc 40 

Concerning  assessment  ai;id  collection  of  revenue.  41 
Resolution  proposing  amendment  to  Constitution .  42 

LANDS— 

See  SCHOOL  lands. 

LECTURERS— 

Paid  out  of  examination  fund 24    65 

LOCAT1N(t  SCHOOLS— 

Duty  of  board 13    28        II 

Proviso  concerning 14    28      VI 

Regulation  concerning 46    16 

LOST  TIME— 

When  may  be  made  up 26    75 

LIABILITY  FOR  LOSS— 
See  OFFICERS. 

LIFE  CERTIFICATE— 

Statute  concerning 21     56 

Valid  any  where  in  the  State 23    98 

Regulation  concerning 48    30 

Form  of 58 

LINE  SCHOOLS— 

See  ATTENDANCE. 

MONTH— 

See  SCHOOL  mon^th. 
MONTHLY  REPORT— 

See  teacher. 
MONEYS— 

Management  and  safe  keeping  of  8      8  I 

Apportioned  by  State  Supt 11    21       IV 


80  INDEX. 

^O^BYS— {Continued.) 

Discretionary  powers  of  Supt.  in 11  21         V 

Of  Sub-District,  how  applied 17  43 

Officers  to  give  bond  before  receiving 18  42 

NEGLECT  OF  DUTY— 

Cause  for  removal  7  3        III 

NORMAL  SCHOOLS 9 

For  whites 9  9 

For  negroes 10  11 

Under  control  of  State  Board 9  1 

Faculties,  and  how  chosen 10  10 

O. 

OFFICERS— 

Of  Dept.  Pub.  Inst 7  2 

Qualifications  of 43  1 

Subject  to  regulations  of  department 7  3          I 

Tenure  of  office,  maximum 7  3        II 

Subject  to  removal  for  cause 7  3       III 

When  required  to  give  bond 8  6        II 

When  personally  liable  for  loss  8  6       III 

Must  turn  over  effects 8  6       IV 

General  duties  of 8  6 

Not  to  vote  on  fixing  their  own  compensation ....     7  3       IV 

Must  use  blanks  prescribed '•'.....  43  3 

Must  not  deal  in  text-books 38  87-88 

OUT  BUILDINGS- 

Board  to  provide 13  28        V 

PATRONS— 

May  recommend  for  Supervisor 47  26 

Not  authorized  to  employ  or  contract  with  teacher  44  8 


INDEX.  81 

PE  N^ALTIES— 

For  cheating  in  examinations  for  Certificates.  ...  22  62 

For  violating  examination  laws  24  C7 

For  circulating  obscene  literature,  etc 27  83 

For  defacing  school  property 27  84 

For  insulting  teacher  in  presence  of  pupils 27  85 

For  injuring  school  property ^28  85 

For  school  officers  dealing  in  text-books,  etc 28  87-88 

For  disturbing  school 28  89 

PUNISHMENT— 

Must  not  be  unnecessarily  severe 25    68       IV 

Teacher  may  inflict  corporal  punishment 47    28 

PUPILS— 

Duties  of  teacher  toAvard 24  68    I-IV 

May  be  suspended 25  68        V 

Must  gttend  their  own  district  school. ...   46  17 

Non-resident  may  be  charged  tuition 45  15 

From  adjoining  counties 26  78 

PRIMARY  LIFE  CERTIFICATE- 

Provisions  concerning "22    56 

Good  anywhere  m  the  State 22    58 

Application  for,  how  made 48    31 

Form  of  application 54 

Form  of  certificate 59 

Q. 

QUALIFICATIONS- 

Of  school  officers.    See  officers. 
Of  teachers.     See  teachers. 

QUORUM— 

What  shall  constitute 7      5 

QUESTIONS  FOR  EXAMINATION— 

See  EXAMINATION  QUESTIONS. 
6 


^^2  INDEX. 

rt. 

RECEIPTS— 

To  be  t-aken  by  retiring  officer 8  6       IV 

REMOVAL  OF  SUBORDINATE  OFFICERS— 

State  Board  has  the  power  of 9  8       IV 

Cause  for 7  3        II 

RENT— 

County  3oard  may  rent  for  school  use 13  28         V 

RECORDS  AND  ACCOUNTS— 

County  Boards  must  keep 14  28       IX 

County  Supt.  must  keep 18  44        II 

REGISTERS,  TEACHERS'- 

Teachers  must  use  prescribed  register 43  3 

Register  must  be  kept  in  accordance  with  direc- 
tions   44  6 

Teacher  must  procure  before  beginning  school ...  47  27 

To  be  delivered  to  Supervisor  at  close  of  school ...  25  68     VII 

REGULATIONS— 

County  boards  should  adopt  and  print 45  12 

Have  force  of  law 43  2 

REGULATIONS  OF  DEPARTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  IN- 
STRUCTION ... .' 43-48 

Duties  of  officers  concerning 7  3          I 

Concerning  eligibility  to  office 43  1 

Concerning  regulations  of  Co.  Boards 43  2 

Concerning  use  of  prescribed  blanks 43  3 

Concerning  Co.  Boards  of  Pub.  Inst 44  4-17 

Concerning  Co.  Supt.  Pub.  Inst 46  18-23 

Concerning  supervisors 37  24-26 

Concerning  teachers  . . . 47  27-28 

Concerning  teachers'  certificates 48  29-33 

REPORTS— 

Seminary  visitors  to  make    28  91 

State  Supt.  to  make ....  12  21      XII 

Co.  Boards  to  make 14  28       IX 

Trustees  sub-district  to  make 17  40 


INDEX.  88 

VtEFORTS- {Continued.) 

Co.  Supt.  to  make 46     18 

To  State  Dept.,  term  embraced  in 25    70 

Teacher's,  how  made 47    27        • 

•SCHOOLS,  FREE  PUBLIC— 

To  be  established  and  maintained 7  1 

Under  general  management  of  State  Supt 11  20 

Under  special  management  of  County  Board 47  25 

Minimum  annual  term 13  28         II 

Sha'l  be  located  by  County  Board 13  28        II 

Duty  of  County  Board  to  Grade 14  28         X 

Time  of  opening  schools  fixed  by  Co.  Board 25  71 

When  schools  for  any  year  may  begin 25  72 

When  schools  for  any  year  must  close 25  71 

Penalty  for  disturbing  28  89 

SCHOOL  AGE— 

Defined 7  1 

SCHOOL  BOARD  DISTRICTS  - 

Provisions  concerning 15  32 

SCHOOL  DAY— 

Defined    within  limits 25  78          I 

Fixed  by  County  Boards 15  31 

Number  in  school  months 25  73        II 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT— 

See  DISTRICT,  PERMANENT. 

SCHOOL  EXAMINATION,  PUBLIC— 

Teacher  must  hold  at  clos3  of  t2rai 25    68       VI 

SCHOOL-HOUSE- 

Warmed  and  kept  in  order  by 13    28         V 

Penalty  for  defacing 27    84 

SCHOOL  LANDS - 

Control  and  manageaient  of 3      8  I 

SCHOOL  LAW— 

Printing  and  distribution  of 11     21  I 


84  INDEX. 

SCHOOL   LEVY— 

For  County 15     28    XIV 

For  Sub-district 17     39 

SCHOOL  MONTH— 

Defined 25    73        H 

Teachers  report  for  must  contain  $0  days  47     23 

"^^CHOOL  PROPERTY— 

Title  vested  in  whom' 13    24 

SCHOOL  SDE- 

Co,  Board  to  select,  requirements,  etc .13    28       IV 

Board  may  contract  with  men^.bers  for 15    29 

SCHOOL  SUB-DISTRICT— 

See  SUB-DISTRICT. 

.■SCHOOL  SUPERVISORS— 

See  SUPERVISORS. 
,  .see COL  YEAR— 

Defined 25  70 

May  contain  two  terms  . . ". 25  73       IV 

8EAL— 

State  Supt.  to  liave 12  21    VIII 

8EMINARIES- 

Visitors  tD  report  to  State  Supt . .  28  91 

State  Supt.  to  visit  and  report  . 12  21     XII 

Beneficiaries  of 28  90 

STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 

Personnel  and  powers  of 8      9 

Have  charge  of  school  lands 8      8  I 

Management  of  State  School  Fund 9      8        II 

jMay  entertain  a  ppeals  9      8      III 

May  remove  subordinate  officers 9      8       IV 

To  foster  higher  education 9      8         V 

To  co-operate  with  State  Supt 9      8       VI 

Shall  invest  School  Fund 9      8      VII 

Fill  vacancies  on  School  Board 9      8    VIII 

Have  charge  of  Normal  Schools 9      9 

Are  Bord  of  Managers  of  Inst,  for  Blind  and  Deaf.  10  12 

Stat?  Supt.  Secretary  of 8      7 


INDEX.  ,S5 

•8TA  TE  certificate- 
How  and  by  whom  issued 12  21         X 

Provisions  concerning 21  5.-) 

Valid  any  when  in   State 22  58 

Regulations  concerning  endorsement  48  29 

Form  of  application  for  examination  for 53 

Form  of  Certificate , 57 

8Tate:«uperintendent  of  public  instruction— 

^         Is  Secretary  of  State  Board  of  Education 8  7 

Has  general  oversight  of  schools 11  20 

Special  duties 11  21 

To  prepare  and  distribute  necessary  forms,  blanks, 

etc 11  21           I 

To  call  conventions  of  sdiool  officers 11  21        II 

To  hold  teacher's  institutes 11  21       HI 

To  apportion  School  Fund 11  21  IV-V 

To  f'ntertain  and  decide  or  refer  appeals 11  21       VI 

To  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  Dept.  of  Ed- 
ucation   12  21     VII 

To  have  a  seal  of  office 12  21    VIII 

Residence  and  office  of 12  21       IX 

To  prepare  questions  for  examinations 12  21         X 

To  conduct  examinations  for  State  certificates. . .  12  21         X 

To  grant  life  and  special  life  certificates 12  21         X 

To  nominate  to  fill  vacancies  on  School  Boards. .   12  21       XI 

To  visit  seminaries  and  report 12  21      XII 

SUB-DISTRICTS— 

General  regulations  for  creating 16  37 

How  abolished 18  43 

May  own  school  property 13  28          I 

See  also  trustees. 

supervisors  OF  SCHOOLS—                                           9  46-47 

Appointed  by  Co.  Board 13  28       HI 

To  have  oversight  of  schools 19  46          I 

To  report  monthly 20  46         II 

To  have  charge  of  buildings,  repaii-s,  etc 20  45      HI 

To  co-operate  with  teacher 20  46       IV 


•36  INDEX. 

SUPERVISORS  OF  SCHOOLS— (C'ou^mited.) 

To  take  census 20  4-7 

^          Office  one  of  oversight,  not  control  47  25 

May  recomtnend  teachers 44  8 

Under  direction  of  Co.  Board 47  24 

Form  of  recommendation  for 51 


Form  of  appointment  of    52 

Form  of  acceptance  of  appointment 52 

Regulations  concerning 47     24-26 


TAX,  COUNTY  SCHOOL— 

Estimated  by  Co.  Board 14  28    XIV 

Levied  b}"  County  Commissioners 15  28    XIV 

Not  to  exceed 5  mills 15  23    XIV 

TAX,  SUB-DISTRICT— 

Regulations  concerning 17  39 

TEACHER— 

Duties  of 24  68I-VIII 

Whom  the  board  may  employ  as 44      7 

Exempt  from  military  and  jury  duty 25  69 

When  not  entitled  to  compensation 44      7 

Duties  concernmg  Arbor  Day  45  14 

Regulations  concerning 47  27-28 

Penalty  for  insulting 27  85 

Not  to  deal  in  school  books 28  87 

Penaltyfor 28  88 

TREASURER  OF  CO.  BOARD    13  57 

Duties  of 26  79 

All  county  school  moneys  go  to 27  81 

TRUSTEES  OF  AG.  COLLEGE— 

Make  annual  report  to  State  Supt 30  96 

TRUSTEES  OF  SUB-DISTRICTS— 

Election  of 17  37 

General  duties  of 17  39 

Special  duties  of 17  40 


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TRUSTEES  OF  SVB-Dli^TRlCTS-i Conthmed.) 

Powers  of 17  41-42 

Must  give  bond. 18  42 

Form  of  bond  of  64 

TEXT  BOOKS— 

School  officers  may  not  deal  in 28  87 

Penaltv  for  violation  of  above 28  88 


VISITORS— 

See  SEMINARIES. 

vacancies- 
How  filled  on  School  Boards 9      8    VIII 

In  schools,  Co.  Siipt.  may  fill 47    22 

VOTERS— 

See  ELECTORS. 

WARRANTS— County  schools 

Form  of 23 


YEAR- 

See  SCHOOL  year. 


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